Saint-Quentin - Saint-Quentin

St quentin hotel de ville.JPG
Saint-Quentin
regionHauts-de-France
Residents
53.856 (2018)
height
74 m
no tourist info on Wikidata: Add tourist information
location
Location map of France
Reddot.svg
Saint-Quentin

Saint-Quentin is a city in French Department Aisne in the region Hauts-de-France (historical region: Picardy). The city is the seat of a sub-prefecture.

background

The largest city in the Aisne department is an important center for industry and trade, but also an important transport hub. In Roman times it was called Augusta Viromanduorum. The basilica is said to contain the relics of St. Quentin, a Roman from the 3rd century.

getting there

By plane

By train

The station 1 Gare de Saint-Quentin is on the old route from Paris (Gare du Nord) to Brussels, which is now served by the TER (18 connections a day to Paris in 1 hour 10 minutes. The TGV stops at Gare TGV Haute-Picardie halfway between Saint-Quentin and Amiens; Bus service from Saint-Quentin.

By bus

In the street

Saint-Quentin is located near the confluence of the Le Havre coming Autoroute A 29 into the from Calais to Troyes leading car route A 26. From the Frankfurt and southern Germany area you can take the car route A 4, which is at Reims the A 26 crosses. From northern Germany, the Ruhr area and the Cologne area, the journey is through Belgium and over Valenciennes shorter. The motorway connections in France are toll roads.

By boat

The city can be reached by boat via the canalized Somme.

By bicycle

mobility

Map of Saint-Quentin

The city center is easy to navigate on foot.

Tourist Attractions

The gothic basilica
Inside of the basilica with the labyrinth
  • 1  Basilique Saint-Quentin. Basilique Saint-Quentin in the encyclopedia WikipediaBasilique Saint-Quentin in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBasilique Saint-Quentin (Q1339429) in the Wikidata database.The main attraction is the basilica, which was badly damaged in the First World War and barely escaped demolition, with its wide choir from the 13th century and a 34 m high nave. A labyrinth is embedded in the ground, which when walking has a length of 260 m.last change: Apr. 2019
  • 2  Église Saint-MartinÉglise Saint-Martin in the encyclopedia WikipediaÉglise Saint-Martin in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsÉglise Saint-Martin (Q28024811) in the Wikidata databaselast change: Apr. 2019
  • 3  Hotel de ville, 9 rue des Petits-Degrés. Hôtel de ville in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHôtel de ville in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryHôtel de ville (Q3146184) in the Wikidata database.wikidata =.last change: Apr. 2019
  • 4  Antoine-Lécuyer Museum, 28 rue Antoine Lécuyer. Musée Antoine-Lécuyer in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMusée Antoine-Lécuyer in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMusée Antoine-Lécuyer (Q2854179) in the Wikidata database.last change: Apr. 2019
  • 5  Musée des Papillons, 14 Rue de la Celery. Tel.: 33 3230 69371. last change: Apr. 2019

activities

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

  • Office de Tourisme, 3 Rue Emile Zola, 02100 Saint-Quentin. Tel.: 33 3 23 67 05 00. Open: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 1.30 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sun closed.

trips

literature

Web links

Article draftThe main parts of this article are still very short and many parts are still in the drafting phase. If you know anything on the subject be brave and edit and expand it so that it becomes a good article. If the article is currently being written to a large extent by other authors, don't be put off and just help.