Le Quesnel
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier | |
| Canton | Moreuil | |
| Community association | Avre Luce Noye | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 47 ' N , 2 ° 38' E | |
| height | 72-104 m | |
| surface | 11.38 km 2 | |
| Residents | 792 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80118 | |
| INSEE code | 80652 | |
| Website | http://www.ccalm.fr/lequesnel/ | |
 The Canadian Memorial |
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Le Quesnel ( Picard : L'Tchini) is a northern French municipality with 792 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Montdidier , is part of the Communauté de communes Avre Luce Noye and belongs to the canton of Moreuil .
geography
The municipality in the Santerre countryside is located north of the generously developed departmental road D934 (former Route nationale 334 ) from Amiens to Noyon, around 14 km northwest of Roye on the departmental roads D41 and D161.
Toponymy and History
The name of the municipality is derived as a diminutive of the name chêne (in Picard: Quesne) for oak.
The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 569 | 562 | 480 | 409 | 436 | 540 | 664 | 737 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Jean-Marie Pautre since 1995.
Attractions
- The Saint-Léger church by Victor Delefortrie, known as the Cathedral of Santerre, with a 50 m high tower and wrought-iron lectern from the 18th century.
- The Canadian memorial near D935.
- A Canadian military cemetery on the northern edge of the parish.
literature
- Abbé Maurice Leroy: Le Quesnel et Saint-Mard en Chaussée, 1923 (Reprint 2001), Paillart.
