Ferrière-la-Grande

Ferrière-la-Grande
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Eye of the mouth
Community association	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Coordinates	50 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E
height	127-184 m
surface	10.01 km 2
Residents	5,301 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	530 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59680
INSEE code	59230
Website	http://www.ferrierelagrande.fr/
View of Ferrière-la-Grande

Ferrière-la-Grande is a French municipality with 5301 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Maubeuge . The inhabitants are called Ferriérois (es) .

geography

Ferrière-la-Grand is located on the Solre and is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Rousies in the north, Cerfontaine in the northeast, Ferrière-la-Petite in the southeast, Beaufort in the south and southwest and Louvroil in the west and northwest.

The former Route nationale 49 runs through the municipality . Ferrière-la-Grande is on one of the Way of St. James ( Via Gallia Belgica ).

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
5,263	5,346	5,703	5,611	5,746	5,672	5,481	5,415
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Armand Church , built between 1872 and 1880
• Chapelle du Bon-Vouloir ( Saint-Dominique )
• Town hall from 1840
• Former train station

Saint-Armand Church and Saint-Dominique Chapel

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1233-1234.

Web links

Commons : Ferrière-la-Grande  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Ferrière-la-Grande in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture