Thiant

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Thiant
Thiant Coat of Arms
Thiant (France)
Thiant
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Community association Porte du Hainaut
Coordinates 50 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 27 ′  E
height 26-72 m
surface 8.39 km 2
Residents 2,917 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 348 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59224
INSEE code 59589
Website http://www.thiant.fr/

Thiant ( Flemish : Tiens ) is a French municipality with 2,917 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the municipality of La Porte du Hainaut , the arrondissement Valenciennes and is part of the canton Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (until 2015: canton Valenciennes-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Trithois (es) .

geography

The Écaillon and the Scheldt (French: Escaut) flow through the municipality . Thiant is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Prouvy in the north, Maing in the east, Monchaux-sur-Écaillon in the southeast, Haspres in the south and southwest, Douchy-les-Mines in the west and Haulchin in the west.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 877.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
2,859 2,925 2,699 2,635 2,593 2,568 2,538 2,619

Attractions

  • Saint Martin Church
  • British military cemetery

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1683-1684.

Web links

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