Montdidier (Somme)

Currency

Urbs cultissima (very cultivated city)

Heraldic

Geography

Montdidier is located in the area of the Santerre.

History

Administration

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Demography

Demographic table of the 20th century

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Economy

Famous characters

Frédégonde, queen of Neustrie (545 - 597)
Jean Fernel, French doctor born in Montdidier in 1497.
Claude Capperonnier, born in Montdidier on May 1st, 1671, philologist, holder of the pulpit of Greek to the royal College.
Jean Capperonnier, born in Montdidier on March 19th, 1716, librarian, philologist, holder of the pulpit of Greek to the royal College, member of the royal Academy of the inscriptions and the humanities.
Antoine Augustin Parmentier, born with Montdidier, agronomist, promoted in Europe the use of the Potato in complement of the Blé.
Louis-Lucien Klotz, appointed of Montdidier of 1898 with 1925, then senator of 1925 with 1928, several times Minister for Finance and Minister of Interior Department.
Maurice Blanchard, aeronautical engineer and French poet related to surrealism born in Montdidier in 1890.
Jimmy Casper, French racing cyclist, born in 1978 in Montdidier.

Tourist monuments and places

Churches

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (style Gothic blazing, classified " monuments historiques" in 1920). A whole of six Flemish tapestries of the middle of the 17th century is exposed in the nave. These tapestries, works of Reydams and classified with the Historic buildings, represent the history of Brace and Hebrew.
Church Saint-Pierre (style Gothic blazing, classified " monuments historiques" in 1920)

Another monuments or sites worthy of interests

Statue of Antoine Augustin Parmentier
Town hall (style Flemish and decorated in the style art déco)
Room of Roy (known as Priory)
War memorial the
Monument with the 212 French aviators fallen into the sky from Picardy in May - June 1940
Table from orientation

Twinning

To date, there does not exist any twinning.

Notes and references of the article

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