Estrées, Aisne
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Commune of Estrées |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Aisne |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Le Catelet |
| Intercommunality | Pays du Vermandois |
| Mayor | Jean-Marie Courtois (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 97 m–149 m (avg. 136 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7,04 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
446 |
| - Density | 63/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02291/ 02420 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Estrées is a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardie in northern France.
In the Picard dialect, it is called Etré. The etymology of the name is from strata, after the stone-layered Roman roads in the area.
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.
[edit] Administration
| Term | Name | Party | Quality |
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| March 2001 | Jean-Marie Courtois | ||
| Previous data not yet known. | |||
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 424 | 474 | 401 | 423 | 434 | 446 |
| Numbers after 1968 : Population without double counting | |||||
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