Fresnes-sur-Escaut
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Anzin | |
Community association | Valenciennes Métropole | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 35' E | |
height | 15-27 m | |
surface | 11.77 km 2 | |
Residents | 7,565 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 643 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59970 | |
INSEE code | 59253 | |
Website | http://www.fresnes-sur-escaut.fr/ | |
Temple of Love in Joliot-Curie Park |
Fresnes-sur-Escaut is a French municipality with 7565 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France , near the Belgian border. The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is part of the canton of Anzin . The residents are called Fresnois .
geography
Fresnes-sur-Escaut lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut), into which the Haine river flows here. The Canal de Pommerœul à Condé connects the Scheldt from here with the Belgian canal system. Fresnes-sur-Escaut is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vieux-Condé in the north, Condé-sur-l'Escaut in the northeast, Quarouble in the east, Vicq in the southeast, Onnaing in the south, Escautpont in the southwest and Odomez in the northwest.
Population development
- 1962: 8.983
- 1968: 9,069
- 1975: 8.373
- 1982: 8,218
- 1990: 8.107
- 1999: 7,607
- 2011: 7,688
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fresnes-sur-Escaut
- Château de Stanislas Desandrouin
- Château des Douaniers
- Joliot-Curie Park
Personalities
- Henri Laoust (1905-1983), orientalist
- Bruno Zaremba (* 1955), football player
- Pascal Zaremba (* 1959), football player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 576-577.