Hornaing

Hornaing
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Community association	Cœur d'Ostre event
Coordinates	50 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 20 ′  E
height	16-45 m
surface	8.95 km 2
Residents	3,553 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	397 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59171
INSEE code	59314
Website	http://www.mairie-hornaing.fr/
Hornaing town hall

Hornaing ( Dutch Horning ) is a French municipality with 3553 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Douai and the canton of Sin-le-Noble . The inhabitants are called Hornaingeois .

geography

Hornaing is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Wandignies-Hamage in the north, Hélesmes in the east, Escaudain in the south and Erre in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	3,403	3,178	3,102	2,971	2,931	2,942	3.176	3,521

Sights and culture

• Saint-Calixte church
• Event Center Salle d'Œuvres Sociales E. Ferrari
• disused Heurteau colliery with today's Houillières thermal power station

The giant figure of Hornaing is called Philippotte de Lannoy .

Saint-Calixte church in Hornaing

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the Italian municipality of Realmonte in the province of Agrigento in Sicily .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1108.

Web links

Commons : Hornaing  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Hornaing in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969