Paillencourt

Paillencourt
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Cambrai
Community association	Cambrai
Coordinates	50 ° 15 ′  N , 3 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′  N , 3 ° 17 ′  E
height	32-73 m
surface	7.56 km 2
Residents	991 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	131 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59400
INSEE code	59455
Website	http://www.paillecourt.fr/

Paillencourt is a municipality with 991 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the French department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Cambrai (until 2015: canton of Cambrai-Ouest ) in the Arrondissement of Cambrai . It is bordered by Wasnes-au-Bac to the north, Wavrechain-sous-Faulx and Bouchain to the northeast, Estrun to the east, Thun-l'Évêque to the south, Bantigny to the southwest and Hem-Lenglet to the west . The Canal de la Sensée , a shipping canal, passes the municipality mark in the north. The residents call themselves Paillencourtois or Paillencourtoises .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
Residents	957	946	943	1.006	930	950	989	1.002
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Church of Saint-Martin (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Paillencourt )
• War memorial
• 

  Church square with the Saint-Martin church and war memorial

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 406-407.

Web links

Commons : Paillencourt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files