Escaudain
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Denain | |
Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 20 ′ N , 3 ° 21 ′ E | |
height | 31-51 m | |
surface | 9.97 km 2 | |
Residents | 9,619 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 965 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59124 | |
INSEE code | 59205 | |
Website | http://escaudain.fr/ | |
Church in Escaudin |
Escaudain (pronounced ékodin ) (NDL .: "Schouden") is a French municipality with 9619 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and the canton of Denain . The inhabitants are called Escaudinois .
Escaudain is 4.3 kilometers northwest of Denain , five kilometers southeast of Somain and 13 kilometers west of Valenciennes .
There are two mine dumps near the city : one is the Renard dump in the east and the other is the Audiffrey dump in the north.
The Autoroute A 21 , called Rocade Minière , runs along the south-western edge of the town .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2011 |
Residents | 11,705 | 11,770 | 10,673 | 9,835 | 9,328 | 9,328 | 9,164 |
Personalities
- Édouard Stachowitz (1934-2008), called Stako, French football player
Partner communities
Since May 8, 1966, Escaudain has had a town partnership with Ruhla in Thuringia . The Belgian village of Les Bons Villers is also Escaudains' partner municipality.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 633-635.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Escaudain in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969