Le Quesnel

Le Quesnel ( Picard: L' Tchini ) is a northern French village with 757 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Somme in the Picardie region. The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Montdidier, is part of the Communauté de communes Avre Luce Moreuil, in the canton Moreuil.

Geography

The church in the countryside Santerre is located north of the generously -developed Territory road D934 (formerly Route nationale 334) from Amiens to Noyon about 14 km northwest of Roye at the department of roads D41 and D161.

Toponymy and history

The name of the village derives as a diminutive of the name Chêne ( in Picardy: Quesne ) from for oak.

The municipality received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.

Population

Management

Mayor ( maire ) since 1995, Jean -Marie Pautre.

Attractions

  • Known as the Cathedral of the Santerre Church Saint-Léger by Victor Delefortrie with 50 m high tower and wrought iron lectern from the 18th century.
  • The Canadian Memorial near the Territory road D935.
  • A Canadian military cemetery on the northern edge of the township.
Cantons of France Canton of Moreuil Postal codes in France France Santerre (region) Ailly-sur-Noye Andechy Armancourt (Somme) Assainvillers Aubercourt Ayencourt Bayonvillers Beaucourt-en-Santerre Beaufort-en-Santerre Becquigny (Somme) Beuvraignes Biarre Bouillancourt-la-Bataille Braches Breuil (Somme) Caix Cayeux-en-Santerre Champien Chaussoy-Epagny Chilly (Somme) Chirmont Coullemelle Cressy-Omencourt Curchy Dancourt-Popincourt Davenescourt Domart-sur-la-Luce Ercheu Faverolles (Somme) Fescamps Folies Folleville (Somme) Fontaine-sous-Montdidier Fransart Fransures Grivillers Guerbigny Hallu Hangard Hangest-en-Santerre Hargicourt (Somme) Hattencourt Herly (Somme) Ignaucourt Jumel La Chavatte La Neuville-Sire-Bernard Laucourt Le Plessier-Rozainvillers Liancourt-Fosse Malpart Marquivillers Maucourt (Somme) Mesnil-Saint-Georges Montdidier (Somme) Morisel Moyencourt Parvillers-le-Quesnoy Piennes-Onvillers Punchy, Somme Quiry-le-Sec Remaugies Rogy Rouvrel Rouvroy-en-Santerre Rubescourt Saint-Mard (Somme) Sauvillers-Mongival Thory (Somme) Warsy Warvillers
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