Estrées, Aisne

Estrées
Estrées
Location within Picardy region  Estrées
Coordinates: 49°58′07″N 3°17′20″E / 49.9686°N 3.2889°ECoordinates: 49°58′07″N 3°17′20″E / 49.9686°N 3.2889°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Saint-Quentin
Canton	Le Catelet
Intercommunality	Pays du Vermandois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Lempereur
Area^1	7.04 km^2 (2.72 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	407
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02291 / 02420
Elevation	97–149 m (318–489 ft) (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Estrées is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

In the Picard dialect, it is called Etré. It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Also known in ancient times as Strata or Estreti, history mentions an abbey in the 12th century. A parish was created there about 1189 with a priest sent from the abbey of Mont Saint Martin to buy land and help the poor. In 1777 Pierre Nicolas Leroy began manufacturing silk gauze here. Inhabitants are called Estrésiens.

Administration

List of mayors

Term	Name	Party	Profession
2001–2008	Jean-Marie Courtois
2008–2014	Gérard Lempereur
Previous data not available

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	424	—
1968	474	+11.8%
1975	401	−15.4%
1982	423	+5.5%
1990	434	+2.6%
1999	446	+2.8%
2008	407	−8.7%

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

• INSEE