Lecelles
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 24 ′ E | |
height | 15-26 m | |
surface | 16.24 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,810 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 173 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59226 | |
INSEE code | 59335 | |
Website | http://www.lecelles.fr/ |
Lecelles is a French commune with a population of 2,810 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes ; it belongs to the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche ). The inhabitants are called Lecellois .
geography
Lecelles is located in French Flanders on the Belgian border. The small river Elnon flows through the municipality . Lecelles is surrounded by the neighboring communities Brunehaut (Belgium) in the north, Maulde in the northeast, Thun-Saint-Amand in the east and northeast, Nivelle in the east, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in the south, Rosult in the southwest, Saméon in the west and Rumegies in the Northeast.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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Residents | 2,209 | 2.152 | 2,356 | 2,402 | 2,563 | 2,662 | 2,773 | 2,684 |
Attractions
- Saint-Denis church from the 18th century
Personalities
- Jacques Guiot (* 1945), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1437.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Lecelles in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture