Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes

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Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Auno
Coat of arms of Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (France)
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (main town)
Community association Valenciennes Métropole
Coordinates 50 ° 20 '  N , 3 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 3 ° 32'  E
height 33-91 m
surface 6.12 km 2
Residents 7,341 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,200 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59300
INSEE code
Website https://www.aulnoylezvalenciennes.fr/

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes is a French municipality with 7341 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Valenciennes Métropole municipal association , to the Valenciennes arrondissement and is part of the canton of Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes . The inhabitants are called Aulnésien (ne) s .

geography

Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes is located in northern France on the Rhonelle . Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marly in the north, Saultain in the east, Préseau in the south-east, Artres and Famars in the south, Trith-Saint-Léger in the west and Valenciennes in the north-west.

Autoroute A2 runs along the north-western edge of the municipality .

history

The place was first mentioned as Alnetum 1086.

Population development

year Residents
1806 442
1831 1,143
1901 2,491
1931 2,592
1946 2,748
1962 3,565
1968 3,602
1968 3,602
1975 7,465
1982 8,759
1990 8,029
1999 8.002
2006 7,417
2011 7,425

Attractions

Saint Martin Church
  • Saint-Martin church from 1925 with an 18th century portal
  • Château Hamoir, built at the beginning of the 19th century
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery, British war graves from WWI

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1649-1651.

Web links

Commons : Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved May 1, 2014 (French).