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
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1962
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1968
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1975
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1982
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1990
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1999
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2006
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2012
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| Residents |
2,209 |
2.152 |
2,356 |
2,402 |
2,563 |
2,662 |
2,773 |
2,684
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Attractions
- Saint-Denis church from the 18th century
Personalities
literature
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Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1437.
Web links
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