Honnecourt-sur-Escaut
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
| Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | |
| Community association | Cambrai | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 2 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 72-151 m | |
| surface | 15.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 794 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59266 | |
| INSEE code | 59312 | |
Honnecourt-sur-Escaut is a French municipality with 794 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Cambrai and the canton Le Cateau-Cambrésis (until 2015: Canton Marcoing ). The place is on the left bank of the Scheldt and on the parallel canal Canal de Saint-Quentin .
history
See: Battle of Honnecourt (1642)
During the First World War , Kaiser Wilhelm II took on a parade of fighting regiments here on October 19, 1916 , such as the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 76 , just coming from the Somme .
Population development
- 1962: 677
- 1968: 763
- 1975: 674
- 1982: 668
- 1990: 715
- 1999: 734
Personalities
- Villard de Honnecourt (around 1200 – after 1235), artist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1156-1159.
Web links
Commons : Honnecourt-sur-Escaut - Collection of images, videos and audio files
