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| Coordinates:49°38′55″N2°34′15″E / 49.6486°N 2.5708°E /49.6486; 2.5708 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier |
| Canton | Roye |
| Intercommunality | CC Grand Roye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Catherine Quignon[1] |
Area 1 | 12.58 km2 (4.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,978 |
| • Density | 475.2/km2 (1,231/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80561 /80500 |
| Elevation | 55–113 m (180–371 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Montdidier (French pronunciation:[mɔ̃didje];Picard:Montdidji orMondidji) is acommune in theSomme department in theadministrative region ofHauts-de-France (historicallyPicardy), northern France.
Montdidier is on the D935 road, some 30 km southeast ofAmiens, in the region known as the 'Santerre'.Montdidier station has rail connections to Amiens and Compiègne.
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The commune has existed since beforeRoman times, possibly corresponding to the site ofBratuspance.[5]
UnderCharlemagne, adonjon was built in the north-west of the town, on a chalk promontory, (nowadays the site of thePrieuré). It was here, in 774, thatDesiderius, king of theLombards, was held prisoner by Charlemagne, giving the town its name (in French,Didier).
Around the year 948, the first church was built near the castle by Heldwide, the wife of Hilduin, first of the house of theCounts of Montdidier.[6]
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In 1184, KingPhilip II of France had the outlying buildings of the town burnt down,[7] during the war for the possession of theAmiénois and theVermandois. In 1195, the town was granted its communal charter.
In 1472, Montdidier was set alight by theBurgundians.Charles the Bold is reported to have said "Such are the fruits of war".[8]
Under theAncien Régime, Montdidier was in the province of theSanterre (one of eightprovinces ofPicardy) and the seat of abailiwick (established in 1516)[9][10]
By edict of 1575,Henry III of France created theélection of Montdidier, granting tax-raising powers to elected representatives.
The year 1590 saw the commune threatened and eventually invaded by the troops ofHenry IV of France.
As with many towns of the region, Montdidier bore the brunt of the fighting of World War I. Many of the town's more ancient and valuable monuments were destroyed in that occasion.
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