Chaulnes () is a
commune in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France
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in northern
France
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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
Sodom may refer to:
Places Historic
* Sodom and Gomorrah, cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis
United States
* Sodom, Kentucky, a ghost town
* Sodom, New York, a hamlet
* Sodom, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Sodom, West Virginia, an ...
,
Rage
Rage may refer to:
* Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger
Games
* Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game
* Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell
* ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first-per ...
or
Nashville Pussy.
Personalities
*
Charles François Lhomond
Charles François Lhomond (; 1727 – December 31, 1794) was a French priest, 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 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
The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Réseau des Bains de Mer
The Réseau des Bains de Mer (RBM) was a group of five metre gauge railways centred on Noyelles-sur-Mer, with a total route length of some . It was a part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. Three of the lines are still open ...]
References
External links
Chaulnes on the website of l'Institut géographique national
Communes of Somme (department)
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