Vendegies-au-Bois

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Vendegies-au-Bois
Coat of arms of Vendegies-au-Bois
Vendegies-au-Bois (France)
Vendegies-au-Bois
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Community association Pays de Mormal
Coordinates 50 ° 11 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′  N , 3 ° 35 ′  E
height 107-147 m
surface 9.98 km 2
Residents 487 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59218
INSEE code 59607

Vendegies-au-Bois

Vendegies-au-Bois is a French commune with 487 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe .

geography

The parish is on the right bank of the Harpies River . Neighboring municipalities of Vendegies-au-Bois are Neuville-en-Avesnois in the north, Poix-du-Nord in the northeast, Bousies in the southeast, Croix-Caluyau and Forest-en-Cambrésis in the south, Solesmes in the southwest, Beaurain in the west and Romeries in the northwest .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2013
Residents 453 419 384 374 395 387 456 497

Attractions

  • Saint-Humbert Church (19th century)
  • Saint-Maurice Chapel (1879)
  • Castle (16th century)
  • British war cemetery

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1358-1360.

Web links

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