Hautmont
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
| Community association | Maubeuge Val de Sambre | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 15 ′ N , 3 ° 55 ′ E | |
| height | 123-184 m | |
| surface | 12.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,574 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,188 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59330 | |
| INSEE code | 59291 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-hautmont.fr | |
 Saint-Marcel church |
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Hautmont ( Dutch : Hogeberg ) is a French municipality and industrial town with 14,574 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) on the Sambre in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France , southwest of Maubeuge km (km 6), about 10 km south of Border with Belgium . The city suffered badly from the decline of the steel industry in the region.
On August 3, 2008, at around 10:33 p.m., a T8F4 tornado hit Hautmont, killing three people and wreaking havoc.
Town twinning
Hautmont is in partnership with
- Kalisz in Poland . This partnership dates back to 1959.
- Halver in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
See also
See: List of Historic Monuments in Hautmont
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 803-807.
Web links
Commons : Hautmont - collection of images, videos and audio files
