Estrées-Mons

For other places of the same name, see Estrées.
Estrées-Mons
Estrées-Mons

Coordinates: 49°52′44″N 3°00′27″E / 49.8789°N 3.0075°E / 49.8789; 3.0075Coordinates: 49°52′44″N 3°00′27″E / 49.8789°N 3.0075°E / 49.8789; 3.0075
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Péronne
Intercommunality Haute Somme
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Paul Colard
Area1 15.3 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 600
 • Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80557 / 80200
Elevation 56–102 m (184–335 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 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-Mons is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

The municipality was formed in 1973 from the merger of Estrées-en-Chaussée and Mons-en-Chaussée.

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.

Geography

The commune is situated on the N29 road, some 10 miles (16 km) west-northwest of Saint Quentin.

Population

Historical population of Estrées-Mons
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population585597628631596609600
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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