page_title: Méridienne verte
section_title: Communes crossed
hierarchical_section_title: Méridienne verte / Communes crossed
caption_attribution_description: francais:stèle de la méridienne de saint martin du tertre val d'oise france english: Meridian stele of Paris at saint martin du tertre
context_page_description: The Méridienne verte is a project devised by the architect Paul Chemetov for the 2000 celebration in France. It involved marking on the ground the Paris Meridian crossing France from North to South by planting trees along the whole line.
  On 14 July 2000, a picnic was organised along the length of the Méridienne verte. For the occasion, the imaginary line was marked in the sky above Paris by two lasers, located on the Observatory, whose centre defines the longitude of the meridian, and the nearby Senate, also on the line. With a diameter of 4 m and a reach of 1.3 km, their coloured beams lit up the 6th and 14th arrondissements of Paris for three consecutive nights, from 13 to 15 July.
  At the intersection of the Meridian and the 45th parallel, in the commune of Ayrens, trees have been planted in two perpendicular lines to mark the crossing.
context_section_description: From North to South, the  Méridienne verte crosses 8 régions, 20 départements and 337 communes.
  In the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région :
  In the Nord département : Dunkerque, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Armbouts-Cappel, Spycker, Pitgam, Drincham, Eringhem, Bollezeele, Rubrouck, Broxeele, Buysscheure, Noordpeene
  In the Pas-de-Calais département : Clairmarais, Arques, Campagne-lès-Wardrecques, Wardrecques, Racquinghem, Quiestède, Roquetoire, Mametz, Aire-sur-la-Lys, Witternesse, Blessy, Liettres, Estrée-Blanche, Ligny-lès-Aire, Westrehem, Fontaine-lès-Hermans, Nédonchel, Fiefs, Sains-lès-Pernes, Hestrus, Conteville-en-Ternois, Hernicourt, Troisvaux, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Saint-Michel-sur-Ternoise, Herlin-le-Sec, Hautecloque, Buneville, Sibiville, Bouret-sur-Canche, Rebreuve-sur-Canche
  In the Picardie région :
  In the Somme département : Bouquemaison, Doullens, Beauval, Beauquesne, La Vicogne, Talmas, Villers-Bocage, Coisy, Cardonnette, Allonville, Rivery, Amiens, Camon, Cagny, Saint-Fuscien, Boves, Sains-en-Amiénois, Cottenchy, Estrées-sur-Noye, Jumel, Ailly-sur-Noye, Chaussoy-Epagny, La Faloise, Folleville
  In the Oise département : Paillart, Le Plessier-sur-Bulles, Rouvroy-les-Merles, Breteuil, Beauvoir, Bonvillers, Saint-André-Farivillers, Campremy, Wavignies, Thieux, Bucamps, Le Quesnel-Aubry, Nourard-le-Franc, Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles, Bulles, Litz, La Neuville-en-Hez, Thury-sous-Clermont, Angy, Bury, Balagny-sur-Thérain, Cires-lès-Mello, Blaincourt-lès-Précy, Crouy-en-Thelle, Précy-sur-Oise, Boran-sur-Oise
  In the Île-de-France région :
  In the Val-d'Oise département :  Asnières-sur-Oise, Noisy-sur-Oise, Saint-Martin-du-Tertre, Maffliers, Attainville, Moisselles, Domont, Piscop, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Montmorency, Groslay, Montmagny, Deuil-la-Barre
  In the Seine-Saint-Denis département :  Villetaneuse, Épinay-sur-Seine, L'Île-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen
  Paris
  In the Hauts-de-Seine département : Villeneuve-la-Garenne
  In the Val-de-Marne département :  Gentilly, Arcueil, Cachan, L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Chevilly-Larue, Fresnes, Rungis
  In the Essonne département :  Wissous, Morangis, Savigny-sur-Orge, Épinay-sur-Orge, Villemoisson-sur-Orge, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Le Plessis-Pâté, Vert-le-Grand, Leudeville, Saint-Vrain, Itteville, Cerny, D'Huison-Longueville, Vayres-sur-Essonne, Courdimanche-sur-Essonne, Maisse, Gironville-sur-Essonne, Prunay-sur-Essonne, Champmotteux, Boigneville
  In the Centre-Val de Loire région :
  In the Loiret département :  Nangeville, Orveau-Bellesauve, Coudray, Manchecourt, Ramoulu, Aulnay-la-Rivière, Estouy, Yèvre-la-Ville, Boynes, Courcelles, Nancray-sur-Rimarde, Boiscommun, Nibelle, Nesploy, Sury-aux-Bois, Saint-Martin-d'Abbat, Bouzy-la-Forêt, Saint-Aignan-des-Gués, Bray-en-Val, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire, Viglain, Villemurlin, Cerdon
  In the Cher département :  Clémont, Sainte-Montaine, Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre, Presly, Méry-ès-Bois, Allogny, Saint-Éloy-de-Gy, Saint-Doulchard, Marmagne, La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, Bourges, Le Subdray, Trouy, Arçay, Sainte-Lunaise, Corquoy, Châteauneuf-sur-Cher, Venesmes, Crézançay-sur-Cher, Saint-Symphorien, Chambon, Morlac, Marçais, Ardenais, Le Châtelet, Reigny, Culan, Sidiailles
  In the Auvergne région :
  In the Allier département :  Saint-Éloy-d'Allier, Viplaix, Saint-Palais, Mesples, Saint-Sauvier, Treignat
  In the Limousin région :
  In the Creuse département :  Soumans, Leyrat, Verneiges, Auge, Lussat, Tardes, Le Chauchet, Saint-Priest, La Serre-Bussière-Vieille, Mainsat, Champagnat, Lupersat, Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde, La Villetelle, Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet, Saint-Maurice-près-Crocq, Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq, Flayat, Malleret, Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze, Saint-Martial-le-Vieux
  In the Corrèze département :  Couffy-sur-Sarsonne, Courteix, Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf, Ussel, Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches, Mestes, Chirac-Bellevue, Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste, Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze, Liginiac, Sérandon
  Once more in the Auvergne région :
  In the Cantal département :  Arches, Pleaux, Sourniac, Le Vigean, Mauriac, Ally, Escorailles, Saint-Martin-Cantalès, Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert, Saint-Illide, A
caption: Stele at Saint-Martin-du-Tertre. The inscription refers to the geodesic survey of France 1866-1883.
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