Nesle
- Not to be confused with Nesles, in the Pas-de-Calais department.
- Nesles is also a village in the commune of Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux in Seine-et-Marne.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardy |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Nesle |
| Intercommunality | Nesle |
| Mayor | Paul Pilot (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 57–82 m (187–269 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,552 (2006) |
| - Density | 331 /km2 (860 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80585/ 80190 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°45′31″N 2°54′38″E / 49.7586°N 2.9106°E
Nesle (French pronunciation: [nɛl]) is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
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[edit] Geography
Nesle is situated at the junction of the D930 and D337 roads, some 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Saint-Quentin. The Ingon, a small stream, passes through the commune.
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 2417 | 2483 | 2811 | 2643 | 2642 | 2451 | 2552 |
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[edit] Personalities
- Amaury de Nesle (c.1180), a Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- Blondel de Nesle (c. 1155 - 1202), French trouvère.
[edit] Nesle family
Nesle gave its name to an old feudal family. This family became extinct at the beginning of the 13th century, and the heiress brought the lordship to the family of Clermont in the Beauvaisis.
Simon de Clermont, seigneur de Nesle, was regent of the kingdom of France during the second crusade of Saint Louis. Raoul de Clermont, constable of France, and Guy I (d. 1302) and Guy II (d. 1352) de Clermont, both marshals of France, were members of the family. Raoul and Guy I were both notable casualties of the Battle of the Golden Spurs, a French military disaster in County of Flanders.
The lordship of Nesle was elevated to a county for Charles de Sainte-Maure in 1467 and into a marquisate for Louis de Sainte-Maure in 1546. It was acquired in 1666 by Louis Charles de Mailly. His grandson, Louis de Mailly, had five daughters, of whom four (the Countess of Mailly, the Duchess of Lauragais, the Countess of Vintimille, and the Marquise de la Tournelle, afterwards the Duchess of Chateauroux) were successively, or simultaneously, mistresses of Louis XV.
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[edit] References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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