Haut-Lieu
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
Community association | Coeur de l'Avesnois | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 6 ′ N , 3 ° 55 ′ E | |
height | 152-196 m | |
surface | 9.07 km 2 | |
Residents | 391 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59440 | |
INSEE code | 59290 | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Haut-Lieu |
Haut-Lieu is a French municipality with 391 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe , to the canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (until 2015: canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Hautlieusard (e) s .
geography
Haut-Lieu is about two kilometers southwest of the city center of Avesnes-sur-Helpes . Haut-Lieu is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe in the north and north-west, Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the north, Avesnelles in the east, Étrœungt in the south and south-east, Boulogne-sur-Helpe in the south and south-east and Cartignies in the West and southwest.
Route nationale 2 runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 416 | 415 | 401 | 442 | 458 | 540 | 432 | 395 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-André church from 1891 (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Haut-Lieu )
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Prospérité chapel from 1717
- Notre-Dame-de-Bohain chapel from 1737
- Town hall from 1883
- Biwetz manor house
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 148-150.