Famars

Famars
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Community association	Valenciennes Métropole
Coordinates	50 ° 19 ′ N , 3 ° 31 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ N , 3 ° 31 ′ E
height	36-87 m
surface	4.73 km 2
Residents	2,517 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	532 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59300
INSEE code	59221
Website	www.famars.fr
	; Castle of Famars

Famars is a commune with 2,517 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Valenciennes Métropole municipal association .

geography

Famars is located in northern France just a few kilometers west of the border with Belgium between the Scarpe-Schelde and Avesnois Regional Nature Parks , 48 kilometers southeast of Lille , the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, and 5 kilometers south of Valenciennes , the seat the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement of Valenciennes , at an average altitude of 62 meters above sea level . The municipality has an area of 473 hectares, of which almost 400 hectares are used for agriculture .

Famars is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger ) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.

history

Famars was already settled in Gallo-Roman times (52 BC to 486 AD). During the reign of Tiberius (14–37) thermal baths and other public buildings were built. The village was connected by a Roman road with the Via Belgica from Bavay (Bavacum) to Tournai (Turnacum) . Towards the end of the first century, the settlement around the site of today's church had a radius of about 900 meters. The 2nd to 5th centuries were marked by constant armed conflicts between Romans and Nervians . At that time a fort was built, the walls of which were flanked by about ten towers. In addition, the population turned to the worship of the god of war Mars . Fanum Martis ('Temple of Mars') was the first traditional place name of the settlement. After the destruction of Bavay by the Vandals in 407, Famars became the capital of the Nervians, but lost its importance in the Carolingian period (751–987).

Engraving of the Battle of Famars

Famars Castle burned down in 1340 and 1662 and was then rebuilt. In the middle of the 18th century, the then Seigneur von Famars, Alexandre le Hardy, discovered a hall from the Gallo-Roman period in the basement of the castle.

year	Residents
1800	322
1831	457
1841	597
1851	677
1861	849
1911	984
1921	671
1962	929
1968	1,132
1990	2.002
2008	2,513

1793 received Famars in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality. On May 23, 1793, a battle took place near Famars , in which the troops of the First French Republic fought against the "First Coalition" ( Archduchy of Austria , Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Kingdom of Great Britain ). 1801 received Famars through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) the right to local self-government

In 1825 an archaeological society was founded to organize excavations in Famars and on Mont Houy . During the excavations, vases , statuettes and bas-reliefs from the Marsfanum were found, as well as over 27,000 Roman silver coins . The remains of the Gallo-Roman structures were classified as Monument historique ('historical monument') in 1840 .

During the First World War (1914–1918) the castle was bombed and destroyed in 1918. The owners at the time had the current castle built before the Second World War (1939–1945).

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1654-1655.

Web links

Commons : Famars - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b La ville de Famars. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 17, 2011 (French).
↑ VR 5. Traversée de la Flandre française sur cet itinéraire reliant Boulogne à Cologne. In: Itinéraires Romains en France. Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French).
↑ ^a ^b Famars - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French).
↑ Jaromir Hirtenfeld , Hermann Meynert : Oesterreichisches Militär-Konversations-Lexikon, A [-K] . With the participation of several officers of the Imperial and Royal Army. tape 2 . In the office of the Austrian soldier friend, Vienna 1852, p. 289-291 ( online [accessed October 29, 2011]).
↑ Entry No. 59221 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

[annu-1] La ville de Famars. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 17, 2011 (French).

[2] VR 5. Traversée de la Flandre française sur cet itinéraire reliant Boulogne à Cologne. In: Itinéraires Romains en France. Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French).

[cassini-3] Famars - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 29, 2011 (French).

[4] Jaromir Hirtenfeld , Hermann Meynert : Oesterreichisches Militär-Konversations-Lexikon, A [-K] . With the participation of several officers of the Imperial and Royal Army. tape 2 . In the office of the Austrian soldier friend, Vienna 1852, p. 289-291 ( online [accessed October 29, 2011]).

[5] Entry No. 59221 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)