Quarouble
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Marly | |
Community association | Valenciennes Métropole | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 23 ' N , 3 ° 37' E | |
height | 16-51 m | |
surface | 12.27 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,992 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 244 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59243 | |
INSEE code | 59479 | |
Website | http://www.quarouble.fr/ | |
![]() Quarouble Town Hall |
Quarouble is a commune with 2,992 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Marly (until 2015: canton of Valenciennes-Est ) in the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole .
geography
Quarouble is located near the Belgian border about eight kilometers northeast of Valenciennes . Quarouble is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Condé-sur-l'Escaut and Thivencelle in the north, Crespin in the northeast, Quiévrechain in the east, Rombies-et-Marchipont in the south and southeast, Onnaing in the west and Vicq and Fresnes-sur-Escaut in the northwest.
The community is located in the Regional Nature Park Scarpe-Schelde . Autoroute A2 leads through the municipality .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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3,311 | 3,420 | 3,404 | 3,365 | 3,277 | 3,303 | 3,209 | 3,050 |
Attractions
- Saint-Antoine church from the 18th century, a historic monument since 1998
- British military cemetery from WWI
Personalities
- Eleuthère Mascart (1837–1908), physicist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1672.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Quarouble in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture