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Saint-Quentin.''

St Quentin
'Saint-Quentin' is a
commune of northern
France. It has been identified as the ''Augusta Veromanduorum'' of antiquity. It is named for
Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century.
Administration
Saint-Quentin is a ''
sous-préfecture'' of the
Aisne ''
département'', part of the
Picardie ''
région''. Although Saint-Quentin is by far the largest city in Aisne, the ''préfecture'' (capital) resides in the third-largest city of
Laon.
Miscellaneous

The Market
Mayors
The mayor of Saint-Quentin is conservative Pierre André, member of
Nicolas Sarkozy's
UMP Party.
Famous ''saint-quentinois''
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Dudo of Saint-Quentin (born ca.
965), historian
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Maurice Quentin de La Tour (
1704-
1788),
painter and
pastelist
★
Jean Louis Marie Poiret (
1755-
1834),
botanist and
explorer
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François-Noël Babeuf (
1760-
1797), known as ''Gracchus Babeuf'', political agitator and journalist of the
revolutionary period
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Charles Rogier (
1800–
1885),
Belgian statesman
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Amédée Ozenfant (
1886-
1966), cubist painter
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Jean-Marie Lefèvre (
1953-...),
modernist and minimalist poet
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Xavier Bertrand (
1965-...),
Minister of Health in
Dominique de Villepin's government, conservative
Museums
★ '
Butterflies' Museum' which owns more than 600,000 insects and shows 20,000 of them
★ '
Antoine Lecuyer Museum' which owns the largest collection of
Maurice Quentin de La Tour's pastels
Sister cities
Saint-Quentin is paired with:
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Kaiserslautern,
Germany
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Rotherham,
England
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial,
Spain
See also
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Battle of St. Quentin
External links
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Saint-Quentin Basilica
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Saint-Quentin Basilica
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Official website