Querrieu

Querrieu
Commune
Querrieu
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Querrieu
Coordinates: 49°56′22″N 2°25′53″E / 49.9394°N 2.4314°E / 49.9394; 2.4314Coordinates: 49°56′22″N 2°25′53″E / 49.9394°N 2.4314°E / 49.9394; 2.4314
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-2
Intercommunality	CC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2001–2014)	Francine Briault
Area1	10.03 km2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	692
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80650 /80115
Elevation	32–104 m (105–341 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Querrieu is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Querrieu is situated on the D 929 road, some 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Amiens, on the banks of the Hallue river. It is bordered by Fréchencourt on the north, Pont-Noyelles on the east, Bussy-lès-Daours on the south and Allonville on the west.

After Amiens was invaded and taken by Spanish Netherlanders on 11 March 1597, Henri IV besieged the town with a considerable army. On 29 August he was notified of the approach of a significant Spanish force (four companies of arquebuse-men and 300 mounted soldiers), protecting a supplies convoy. The King sallied from his camp north of Amiens, accompanied by Biron, de Lagrange-Montigny, the count of Auvergne, and headed toward the enemy train. Leading an escort of 50 soldiers, he spotted Spanish scouts emerging from the Querrieu forest. He charged them at full gallop, with his escorts close behind. The startled Spanish group assumed they were being attacked by a large force, and beat a hasty retreat. The King pursued his adversaries, who abandoned two sous-lieutenants, 200 horsemen and numerous prisoners.

King Henri IV in front of Amiens fortifications, April 1597

1597 battlefield location

Spanish arquebus-man

During the Franco-Prussian War, the town and fortress of Amiens were occupied by the Prussian Army in November 1870. On 16 December the French Northern Army, led by General Faidherbe, took a position on the hills bordering the left side of the river Hallue.