Sequehart

Sequehart
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Bohain-en-Vermandois
Community association	Pays du Vermandois
Coordinates	49 ° 56 ' N , 3 ° 20' E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ' N , 3 ° 20' E
height	95-151 m
surface	6.38 km 2
Residents	209 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02420
INSEE code	02708
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Sequehart

Sequehart is a French municipality with 209 inhabitants (as of 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 Bohain-en-Vermandois (until 2015 Le Catelet ) and the municipality association Pays du Vermandois .

geography

Sequehart is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Levergies in the west, Ramicourt in the northwest, Montbrehain in the northeast, Fontaine-Uterte in the east and the municipalities of Remaucourt in the canton of Saint-Quentin-2 in the southeast and Lesdins in the south.

history

After the border battles in August 1914, the French General Staff decided to withdraw the front. Sequehart was occupied by advancing German troops on August 27, 1914 and was used as a stage until 1918 . The Hundred Days Offensive forced the German troops to retreat behind the Hindenburg line in autumn 1918 . British troops invaded Sequehart on October 2nd; the next day, German troops retook it for a short time. 106 British soldiers were killed in these fighting; they are buried in two cemeteries.