Chaulnes
Encyclopedia
Chaulnes is a commune
in the Somme
department in Picardy
in northern France
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
department in Picardy
Picardy
This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Demography
Culture
Chaulnes is noted for its cultural events, especially the heavy metal music festival "Killer Fest". Each year, more than 500 fans turn up to see and listen to bands like "OBITUARY", a ‘death metal’ band.Personalities
- Charles François LhomondCharles François LhomondCharles François Lhomond was a French grammarian and educator who was a native of Chaulnes, Somme.He attended classes at the Collège d'Inville in Paris, where he subsequently became dean of the school...
, grammarian and wit, born at Chaulnes 1727, died in Paris 1794. - The duchy of ChaulnesDuke of ChaulnesThe title of Duke of Chaulnes , a French peerage, is held by the Albert family beginning in 1621.-History:The Duchy of Chaulnes was established by a letters patent of January 1621, registered on 6 March 1621 at the Parliament of Paris in favour of a younger brother of Charles d'Albert, Duke of...
was established in 1621 for the Albert family.
Places and monuments
- The statue of grammarian Lhomond, sculpted by Eugène-Louis LequesneEugène-Louis LequesneEugène-Louis Lequesne was a French sculptor.In 1841, he entered the École nationale des beaux-arts, in James Pradier's workshop. In 1843, he won the second Prix de Rome, and in 1844 the first prize, with a plaster bas-relief entitled Pyrrhus tuant Priam...
, in 1860, paid for by public subscription..