Feignies

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Feignies
Feignies coat of arms
Feignies (France)
Feignies
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Aulnoye Aymeries
Community association Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Coordinates 50 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 55 ′  E
height 130-161 m
surface 18.8 km 2
Residents 6,881 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 366 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59750
INSEE code 59225
Website http://www.ville-feignies.fr/

Saint Martin Church

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Feignies is a French municipality with 6881 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Feignies belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and is part of the canton of Aulnoye-Aymeries . The inhabitants are called Finésiens .

geography

Feignies is part of the Avesnois Regional Nature Park and is located on the Flamenne , a small tributary of the Sambre . Feignies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gognies-Chaussée in the northeast, Maubeuge in the east, Neuf-Mesnil in the south, Vieux-Mesnil in the southwest and La Longueville in the west and north.

The Route nationale 2 leads through the village to Maubeuge and on to the Belgian border, from where the former Route nationale 49 goes towards Bavay (today's Départementstrasse 649).

history

During the siege of Maubeuge it turned out that the Fort Leveau in Feignies (built in 1874) could hardly withstand the artillery fire.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
6,469 6,666 7.147 6,910 7,269 7,183 7.180 7.184
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

economy

Renault-Nissan has a plant here as part of Maubeuge Construction Automobile .

Attractions

Fort Leveau (now: Museum)
  • Saint-Martin in 1877, the church from the 11th century instead built sculptures of the church are as historique monument classified
  • Fort Leveau , fortress built after the Franco-German War (1870–1871) in 1874 and partially destroyed by artillery fire with explosive shells during the siege of Maubeuge in August 1914, today a museum
  • Shrines of Our Lady of Délivrance, Notre-Dame de Tongres, Saint-Hubert and La salvate

Community partnerships

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 225-227.

Web links

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