Masny
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Douai | |
| Canton | Aniche | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Ostre event | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 18-58 m | |
| surface | 7.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,143 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 582 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59176 | |
| INSEE code | 59390 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-masny.fr/ | |
 Masny Town Hall |
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Masny ( Dutch Malni ) is a French municipality with 4143 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 Aniche . The inhabitants are called Masnysia .
geography
Masny is located about eight kilometers east-southeast of Douai in the Ostrevent landscape . Masny is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pecquencourt in the north, Écaillon in the east, Auberchicourt in the south-east, Erchin and Monchecourt in the south, Lewarde in the south-west, Loffre in the west and Montigny-en-Ostrevent in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 4.158 | 4,554 | 4,304 | 4,485 | 4,688 | 4,571 | 4,497 | 4,268 |
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Masny
- Saint-Martin church, rebuilt in 1780 on the site of the previous church, rebuilt in 1865
- Masny Castle, built around 1337 for Wauthier de Mauny, deteriorated into ruins during the revolutionary years, only the tower remains
- Vuillemin colliery, now used as a commercial center
Personalities
- Walter Mauny, 1st Baron Mauny († 1372), military officer during the Hundred Years War
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 700-701.
Web links
Commons : Masny - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969