Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut

Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Community association	Cambrai
Coordinates	50 ° 6 ′  N , 3 ° 15 ′  E 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

Saint-Martin church and war memorial

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1142-1146.

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969