Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | |
Community association | Cambrai | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 6 ′ N , 3 ° 15 ′ E | |
height | 60-147 m | |
surface | 19.06 km 2 | |
Residents | 744 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59258 | |
INSEE code | 59161 | |
Town hall ( Mairie ) of the municipality |
Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut ( Dutch Crevecoor aan de Schelde ) is a French municipality with 744 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Cambrai and the canton Le Cateau-Cambrésis (until 2015: Canton Marcoing ). The inhabitants of the place are called Crépicordien (ne) s .
geography
Crèvecœur is located in the valley of the Scheldt ( French l'Escaut ) 8.1 km south of Cambrai . Neighboring communities are Niergnies in the north, Séranvillers-Forenville in the north-east, Lesdain in the east, Esnes in the south-east, Aubencheul-aux-Bois in the south, Bantouzelle in the south-west, Les Rues-des-Vignes in the west and Rumilly-en-Cambrésis in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | |
Residents | 623 | 638 | 626 | 647 | 644 | 643 | 689 | |
Source: Cassini, EHESS and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
- Lock on the Canal de Saint-Quentin
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1142-1146.
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969