Estrées is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Estrées
The town hall of Estrées
The town hall of Estrées
Location of Estrées
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Estrées is located in France
Estrées
Estrées
Estrées is located in Hauts-de-France
Estrées
Estrées
Coordinates: 49°58′07″N 3°17′20″E / 49.9686°N 3.2889°E / 49.9686; 3.2889
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentAisne
ArrondissementSaint-Quentin
CantonBohain-en-Vermandois
IntercommunalityPays du Vermandois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Charles De Wever[1]
Area
1
7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
409
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
02291 /02420
Elevation97–149 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.

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 edit

List of mayors
Term Name
2001–2008 Jean-Marie Courtois
2008–2020 Gérard Lempereur
2020–incumbent Jean Charles De Wever

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962424—    
1968474+11.8%
1975401−15.4%
1982423+5.5%
1990434+2.6%
1999446+2.8%
2008407−8.7%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.