Chaulnes

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Chaulnes
Chaulnes Coat of Arms
Chaulnes (France)
Chaulnes
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Ham
Community association Terre de Picardie
Coordinates 49 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 48 ′  E
height 80-104 m
surface 8.46 km 2
Residents 2,083 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 246 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80320
INSEE code 80186

Main square with town hall (Hôtel de Ville) and statue for Charles-François Lhomond

Chaulnes (Picard: Chonne) is a northern French municipality with 2083 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Ham and is part of the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie .

geography

Chaulnes train station

The municipality is located on the plateau of Santerre, which is dominated by grain and sugar beet cultivation, around 17 km southwest of Péronne and 16 km north of Roye on the D337 departmental road. By the municipality running A1 autoroute and the high-speed line of the LGV Nord , the station station TGV Haute-Picardie in Ablaincourt-Pressoir around 5 km lies north of Chaulnes. Immediately to the south of Chaulnes, the Amiens - Laon regional railway with the Chaulnes train station runs, which is crossed here by the partly disused railway line from Saint-Just-en-Chaussée to Douai.

history

Destruction in the First World War

Chaulnes is first mentioned in 1103. In 1563 the barony was elevated to a county. The last Count of Chaulnes died in 1604. In 1621 Chaulnes was elevated to a peerage . The castle was enlarged in the 17th century. In 1806 the castle was sold at the instigation of the creditors and then largely demolished.

During the First World War , Chaulnes was destroyed in September 1914. The male population was deported to Germany. In the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, Chaulnes was held by the German troops, but evacuated on March 18, 1917 during the scheduled retreat to the Siegfriedstellung , but reoccupied in the 1918 spring offensive on March 26, 1916. On August 28, 1918, Australian troops captured Chaulnes. A reconstruction of the completely destroyed community in the zone rouge was not initially planned.

During the Second World War , the station was bombed repeatedly before the place was occupied by the Wehrmacht in June 1940 . A prisoner of war camp was set up in the castle estate. Before the liberation by American troops on September 1, 1944, the station was bombed twice.

The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 as an award .

economy

The community developed into a railway junction in the 19th century. After the decline of the railroad, its location close to the main road axes (Autoroute A1 and Autoroute A29 a few kilometers to the north) has preserved the economic importance of Chaulnes, which is mainly based on the agro-industrial and tertiary sectors. An industrial area is located in the south of the municipality. An important company is Lunor (formerly Unica ), a cooperative manufacturer mainly of potato products.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010
1,495 1,483 1,550 1,616 1,785 1,901 1,881 1954

administration

Mayor (maire) has been Thierry Linéatte since 1995.

Attractions

  • Monument to Charles-François Lhomond
  • War memorial by Jules Déchin (1920)
  • Monument to the Red Cross
  • Memorial for the 117th Hessian Regiment
  • The Saint-Didier church, rebuilt in 1927.
  • Notre-Dame de Liesse chapel

Personalities

literature

  • Abbé Paul Decagny, Chaulnes et ses environs , 1865, Reprint Paris, 1992, Le Livre d'histoire, Res Universis, Rassorts Lorisse, ISBN 2-87760-916-2

Web links

Commons : Chaulnes  - collection of images, videos and audio files