Mortagne-du-Nord
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
| Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
| Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 30 ′ N , 3 ° 27 ′ E | |
| height | 14-65 m | |
| surface | 2.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,626 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 746 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59158 | |
| INSEE code | 59418 | |
_la_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Mortagne-du-Nord |
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Mortagne-du-Nord is a French commune with 1,626 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Hauts-de-France in the department of Nord . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is part of the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite ). The inhabitants are called Mortagnais .
geography
Mortagne-du-Nord is located in French Flanders on the Belgian border and at the confluence of the Scarpe and the Scheldt , 16 km north-northwest of Valenciennes .
Mortagne-du-Nord is part of the Scarpe-Schelde Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut ) and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brunehaut (Belgium) in the north, Flines-lès-Mortagne in the east, and Château-l'Abbaye in the South-east, Thun-Saint-Amand in the south and Maulde in the west.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,527 | 1.313 | 1,516 | 1,768 | 1,664 | 1,573 | 1,589 | 1,594 | 1,580 | 1,663 | 1,621 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Mortagne-du-Nord )
- Museums
- British military cemetery
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1439-1440.
