Flines-lès-Mortagne

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Flines-lès-Mortagne
Flines-lès-Mortagne coat of arms
Flines-lès-Mortagne (France)
Flines-lès-Mortagne
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Community association Porte du Hainaut
Coordinates 50 ° 30 ′  N , 3 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′  N , 3 ° 28 ′  E
height 13-46 m
surface 14.45 km 2
Residents 1,646 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 114 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59158
INSEE code
Website http://www.flineslezmortagne.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Flines-lès-Mortagne

Flines-lès-Mortagne (also: Flines-lez-Mortagne ) is a French municipality with 1646 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Hauts-de-France in the department of Nord . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is part of the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite ). The inhabitants are called Flinois .

geography

Flines-lès-Mortagne is located in French Flanders on the Belgian border and the Scheldt , 16 km north-north-west of Valenciennes .

Flines-lés-Mortagne belongs to the Scarpe-Schelde Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut ) and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Antoing (Belgium) in the north, Hainaut (Belgium) in the east, Hergnies in the southeast, Bruille-Saint -Amand in the south and south-east, Château-l'Abbaye in the south, Mortagne-du-Nord in the south-west and Brunehaut in the west.

Population development

year 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,656 1,429 1,493 1,536 1,434 1,277 1,280 1,433 1,528 1,596 1,649
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Martin Church
  • Fixing flines
  • Namur Blauwart brewery from the mid-19th century
Saint Martin Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1435.

Web links

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