Chaulnes

Chaulnes is a common French, located in the department of the Somme and the area Picardy.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Culture

Chaulnes is famous for its cultural events, and in particular its metal festival, the " Killer Fest ". Each year, it gathers more than 500 impassioned over one weekend. The last killer fest accommodated the " group; OBITUARY" , group of death metal.

Places and monuments

the statue of the grammairien and Lhomond Latinist, due to the chisel of Eugene-Louis Lequesne, set up in 1860 per public subscription.

Personalities related to the commune

Charles François Lhomond, grammairien and scholar, born in Chaulnes in 1727, deceased in Paris in 1794. Entered the orders, it devoted its life to teaching, and wrote several works of grammar and history, among which famous the Of viris illustribus.

See too

Common of the Sum

External bonds

Chaulnes on the site of the national geographical Institute
the history Chaulnes (monograph)
Chaulnes on the site of INSEE
Chaulnes on the site of Quid
Localization of Chaulnes on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Chaulnes on Mapquest

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