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Homblières
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Place details
- Locality
- Homblières
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,493
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Homblières
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Kerk Homblieres.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church of Homblières
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Homblières (Aisne).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Quentin
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Quentin-3
- French commune.INSEE
- 02383
- French commune.postal code
- 02720
- French commune.mayor
- Francine Gomel
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Saint-Quentinois
- French commune.elevation m
- 84
- French commune.elevation min m
- 72
- French commune.elevation max m
- 135
- French commune.area km2
- 14.29
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Homblières () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
==History== 240px|thumb|left|Entrance to the former Abbey of Saint Hunegund According to Abbot Berner (Bernerus Humolariensis Abbas) who wrote the Vita of Hunegund (Vita Sanctae Hunegundis Virginis Humolariensis) in the 10th century, a monastic community was founded around 650 near the site of present-day Homblières by a young noblewoman named Hunegund (d. ca. 690), a native of Lambay in the Vermandois.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Homblières” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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