Recquignies

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Recquignies
Coat of arms of Recquignies
Recquignies (France)
Recquignies
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Fourmies
Community association Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Coordinates 50 ° 17 ′  N , 4 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′  N , 4 ° 3 ′  E
height 122-189 m
surface 6.17 km 2
Residents 2,413 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 391 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59245
INSEE code 59495
Website http://www.mairie-recquignies.fr/

Recquignies Town Hall

Recquignies is a French commune with a population of 2,413 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Fourmies (until 2015: canton of Maubeuge-Sud ).

geography

Recquignies is on the Sambre River . Recquignies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Boussois in the north, Marpent in the east, Colleret in the south and south-east, Cerfontaine in the south-west, Rousies in the west and south-west and Assevent in the north-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
2,352 2,428 2,382 2,577 2,521 2,490 2,372 2,380
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 19th century Saint-Sulpice church in Recquignies
  • Saint-Martin church in the hamlet of Rocq, built in the early 16th century
  • La Carnière Castle

  • Saint-Sulpice church

  • Saint Martin Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1248-1249.

Web links

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