Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Lambersart | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 ′ N , 3 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 12-21 m | |
| surface | 14.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,758 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 471 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59890 | |
| INSEE code | 59482 | |
| Website | Quesnoy-sur-Deûle | |
 View of the leisure port of Quesnoy-sur-Deûle |
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Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (NDL .: "Kezenet aan de Deule") is a French municipality with 6758 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It is located about twelve kilometers northwest of Lille and about six kilometers south of the border with Belgium .
The canalized and navigable river Deûle crosses Quesnoy in a green environment.
history
Quesnoy is first mentioned in a document in the 12th century, but the origins are likely to be in antiquity, as there was already through traffic over the Deûle .
Mention should be made of a lock whose predecessor dates from the 13th century. In 1781 moorings were built and in 1784 a new bridge was built. At that time around 2,400 ships passed per year, today around 18,000 ships per year operate.
economy
The economic activity is spread over approx. 110 handicraft and trading companies. The following economic sectors are represented, for example: linen trade, transport companies, construction companies, steel and Building trade, paper recycling, etc. Around 50 farms work around 77% of the total area; Potato cultivation is a focus.
Culture and leisure
There are around 60 leisure and interest groups: orchestra, choir, tennis, a German-French partnership with Swisttal - Buschhoven in North Rhine-Westphalia , to name just a few.
Personalities
- Victor Brochard (1848–1907), philosopher and historian of philosophy
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1390-1396.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Quesnoy-sur-Deûle in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
- Official site of Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969