Petite-Forêt
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
| Canton | Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | |
| Community association | Valenciennes Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 26-55 m | |
| surface | 4.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,877 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,072 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59494 | |
| INSEE code | 59459 | |
| Website | http://www.petite-foret.fr/ | |
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Petite-Forêt (also: Petite-Forêt de Raismes ) is a French municipality with 4877 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and the canton of Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes .
geography
Petite-Forêt is a few kilometers northwest of the city center of Valenciennes . The neighboring municipalities are Raismes in the north, Anzin in the east, Valenciennes in the southeast, La Sentinelle in the south and Aubry-du-Hainaut in the west and southwest.
The A23 autoroute runs through the municipality from Valenciennes to Lille .
history
In the early modern period, a Carmelite convent was established here as part of the Counter Reformation in 1629 . In 1801 the place became an independent municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 2,948 | 2,946 | 3,422 | 3,757 | 5,293 | 5,251 | 4,963 | 4,975 |
Attractions
- Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church from 1578
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1668.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Petite-Forêt in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture