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Saint-Quentin

Saint-Quentin is a commune of northern France. Population (1999): 61,092.

Administration

Saint-Quentin is a sous-préfecture of the Aisne département, part of the Picardie région.

Miscellaneous

The mayor of Saint-Quentin is conservative Pierre André, member of Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP Party.

Births

Saint-Quentin was the birthplace of:

  • Dudo of Saint-Quentin (born ca. 965), historian
  • Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) painter and pastelist
  • François-Noël Babeuf (1760-1797), known as Gracchus Babeuf, political agitator and journalist of the revolutionary period

    Twin towns



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