Saint-Saulve
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
| Canton | Valenciennes | |
| Community association | Valenciennes Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 3 ° 33 ′ E | |
| height | 15-95 m | |
| surface | 12.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 11,207 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 931 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59880 | |
| INSEE code | 59544 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-saint-saulve.fr/ | |
_mairie.JPG) Mairie (Town Hall) in Saint-Saulve |
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Saint-Saulve is a French municipality with 11,207 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement Valenciennes and since the canton reform 2015 to the canton Valenciennes (previously canton Anzin ).
geography
Saint-Saulve is located in the northern French coalfield on the Scheldt (French: Escaut ). It is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut in the north-west, Onnaing in the north-east, Estreux in the south-east, Marly in the south-east and Valenciennes in the east.
history
The name of the settlement comes from a bishop of Angoulême who was martyred around 800 . A basilica was donated by Charlemagne in his memory . In the 10th century a Benedictine priory was built here , which was elevated to an abbey in the 17th century.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 5,602 | 7.007 | 8,766 | 10,717 | 11,122 | 11,033 | 11,236 | 11.202 |
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Attractions
- Church Saint-Martin with organ
- Monastère du Carmel de Saint-Saulve ( Monument historique since 2002 )
Personalities
- Catherine Josephine Duchesnois (1777–1835), actress
- Laurent Leroy (* 1976), football player
- Cyriaque Louvion (* 1987), football player
- Rachel Legrain-Trapani (* 1988), model
- Mélissa Nkonda (* 1990), Franco-Algerian singer
- Marion Rousse (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Aymeric Lusine (* 1995), middle-distance runner
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 52-54.
