Estrées-Saint-Denis Explained

Estrées-Saint-Denis
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Estrées-Saint-Denis (Oise).svg
Arrondissement:Compiègne
Canton:Estrées-Saint-Denis
Insee:60223
Postal Code:60190
Mayor:Myriane Rousset[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Plaine d'Estrées
Coordinates:49.4264°N 2.6436°W
Elevation M:70
Elevation Min M:69
Elevation Max M:118
Area Km2:8.08

Estrées-Saint-Denis (in French pronounced as /ɛstʁe sɛ̃ dəni/) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Estrées-Saint-Denis station has rail connections to Amiens and Compiègne.

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".

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.