Chaulnes

Chaulnes (French pronunciation: [ʃo(l)n]; Picard: Chonne) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Chaulnes
Commune
City hall
Coat of arms
Location of Chaulnes
Chaulnes Chaulnes
Coordinates: 49°48′59″N 2°48′17″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Terre de Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Linéatte
Area 1	8.46 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,986
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80186 /80320
Elevation	80–104 m (262–341 ft) (avg. 94 m or 308 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,483	—
1975	1,550	0.63%
1982	1,616	0.60%
1990	1,785	1.25%
1999	1,901	0.70%
2007	1,936	0.23%
2012	1,959	0.24%
2017	2,083	1.24%
Source: INSEE

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, Rage or Nashville Pussy.

Personalities

• Charles François Lhomond, 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
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

External links

• Chaulnes on the website of l'Institut géographique national
• L'histoire Chaulnes (plain text)