Caulaincourt

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Caulaincourt
Caulaincourt Coat of Arms
Caulaincourt (France)
Caulaincourt
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Saint-Quentin
Canton Saint-Quentin-1
Community association Pays du Vermandois
Coordinates 49 ° 52 '  N , 3 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 3 ° 6'  E
height 60-104 m
surface 5.96 km 2
Residents 145 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02490
INSEE code 02144

Town hall (Mairie) of Caulaincourt

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Caulaincourt is a French municipality with 145 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Aisne department in the region of Hauts-de-France (before 2016 Picardy ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Saint-Quentin , the canton Saint-Quentin-1 (until 2015 Vermand ) and the municipality association Pays du Vermandois .

geography

Caulaincourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vermand in the northeast, Attilly in the southeast, Beauvois-en-Vermandois in the south, Trefcon in the west and the municipality of Pœuilly in the Somme department in the north.

history

The place was first attested in 1147 as a Caulincurt in the archive of the chapter of the Prémontré Abbey .

The old Caulaincourt Castle, which was burned down during the Battle of Saint-Quentin in 1557 , was rebuilt eight years later according to a new plan. From 1765 it was completely rebuilt from brick and stone and destroyed by the German army in 1917 during the First World War . After the destruction, it was rebuilt between 1930 and 1933 in a mixture of Classical and Art Deco styles.

  • Caulaincourt Castle around 1900.
  • Caulaincourt Castle before 1914 and after being destroyed by German troops in 1917.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2015
Residents 137 139 134 122 110 121 130 143
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Quentin Church
  • Caulaincourt burial chapel (mausoleum). The chapel, built in the middle of the 19th century, has a twelve-sided shape.
  • Caulaincourt Castle, Monument historique since 1998.

  • Saint-Quentin Church

  • Burial chapel

Personalities

Web links

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