Fontaine-Notre-Dame (north)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
| Canton | Cambrai | |
| Community association | Cambrai | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 10 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ E | |
| height | 44-117 m | |
| surface | 10.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,780 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 169 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59400 | |
| INSEE code | 59244 | |
 Fontaine-Notre-Dame town hall |
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Fontaine-Notre-Dame is a French village with 1,780 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Cambrai and the canton of Cambrai (until 2015: canton of Cambrai-Ouest ). The inhabitants are called Fontenois .
geography
Fontaine-Notre-Dame is west of Cambrai . The Scheldt and the Canal de Saint-Quentin flow in the southeast of the municipality . Fontaine-Notre-Dame is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle in the north, Cambrai in the east, Proville in the east and south-east, Cantaing-sur-Escaut in the south, Anneux in the south-west and Bourlon in the west and north-west.
The A2 autoroute and the former Route nationale 30 (today's D630) run through the municipality .
history
Fontaine-Notre-Dame was directly in the front zone of the so-called Hindenburg Line . The place was almost completely destroyed in the First World War .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,467 | 1,410 | 1,489 | 1,560 | 1,639 | 1,632 | 1,673 | 1,752 |
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Attractions
- town hall
- War memorial for the fallen of the two world wars
- Church Saint-Martin with a stone tracery on bell tower
Personalities
- Jules Fouquet (1878–1966), titular organist at Laon Cathedral for 67 years
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 395-396.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Fontaine-Notre-Dame (north) in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture