Thiant
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Valenciennes | |
Canton | Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes | |
Community association | Porte du Hainaut | |
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 |
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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
Commons : Thiant - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Thiant in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture