Chaulnes

Chaulnes
Commune
City hall
Coat of arms
Location of Chaulnes
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Coordinates: 49°48′59″N 2°48′17″E / 49.8164°N 2.8047°E / 49.8164; 2.8047
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Terre de Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Linéatte
Area 1	8.46 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Highest elevation	104 m (341 ft)
Lowest elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2023)	1,969
• Density	233/km2 (603/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80186 /80320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaulnes (French pronunciation: [ʃo(l)n]; Picard: Chonne) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Chaulnes lies in the eastern part of the Somme department, 13 km north of Roye. The Chaulnes station is served by local trains between Amiens and Laon.

Demography

Culture

Chaulnes is noted for its cultural events, especially the heavy metal music festival Chaulnes Metal Fest (previously known as Killer Fest before 2008). Each year, more than 500 fans turn up to see and listen to bands like Obituary, Sodom, Rage or Nashville Pussy.

Personalities

• Charles François Lhomond, grammarian and wit, born at Chaulnes 1727, died in Paris 1794.
• The duchy of Chaulnes was established in 1621 for the Albert family.

Places and monuments

• The statue of grammarian Lhomond, sculpted by Eugène-Louis Lequesne, in 1860, paid for by public subscription.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaulnes.

• Chaulnes on the website of l'Institut géographique national
• L'histoire Chaulnes (plain text)