Forests

Forests
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Saint-Quentin-1
Community association	Pays du Vermandois
Coordinates	49 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 6 ′ E
height	63-91 m
surface	4.94 km 2
Residents	165 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02590
INSEE code	02327
	; Town Hall (Mairie) and Foreste School

Foreste is a French municipality with 165 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

Foreste is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Beauvois-en-Vermandois in the north, Germaine in the east, Douchy in the southeast, the municipality of Villers-Saint-Christophe in the south, which belongs to the canton Ribemont, and the municipalities of Douilly in the west and Ugny-l ' in the Somme department . Equipée in the northwest.

Between 1600 and 1843 the municipality was called Herouel / Hérouël .

Saint-Quentin Church

Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746–1795), revolutionary and public prosecutor (Accusateur Public) of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the French Revolution

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