Millonfosse
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
| Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
| Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 24' E | |
| height | 14-20 m | |
| surface | 3.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 715 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 205 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59178 | |
| INSEE code | 59403 | |
| Website | https://millonfosse.a3w.fr/ | |
_mairie.JPG) Millonfosse Town Hall (Mairie) |
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Millonfosse is a French municipality with 715 inhabitants (as of January 1 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 ).
geography
Millonfosse is located in French Flanders near the Belgian border about 12 kilometers northwest of Valenciennes . The canalized Scheldt flows through the municipality . Millonfosse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rosult in the north and north-west, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in the east and north-east, Hasnon in the south, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the west and south-west and Bousignies in the west.
The A23 autoroute runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 536 | 507 | 524 | 547 | 640 | 607 | 669 | 660 |
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Attractions
- Market hall
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1439.
