Saint-Quentin is a commune of northern France. Population (1999): 61,092.

Administration

Saint-Quentin is a sous-préfecture of the Aisne département, part of the Picardie région.

Miscellaneous

The mayor of Saint-Quentin is conservative Pierre André, member of Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP Party.

Births

Saint-Quentin was the birthplace of:

• Dudo of Saint-Quentin (born ca. 965), historian
• Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) painter and pastelist
• François-Noël Babeuf (1760-1797), known as Gracchus Babeuf, political agitator and journalist of the revolutionary period

Twin towns

• Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Rotherham, England
• San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

External link

• City council website