Viesly
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
Canton | Caudry | |
Community association | Pays Solesmois | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 9 ′ N , 3 ° 28 ′ E | |
height | 85-129 m | |
surface | 10.67 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,506 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 141 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59271 | |
INSEE code | 59614 | |
Website | http://www.mairieviesly.biz/ | |
![]() Town Hall (Mairie) of Viesly |
Viesly is a French commune with 1,506 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Cambrai and the Canton of Caudry (until 2015: Canton Solesmes ).
geography
Viesly is about 16 kilometers east-southeast of Cambrai . Viesly is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Vaast-en-Cambrésis in the north and north-west, Saint-Python in the north and north-east, Solesmes in the east and north-east, Briastre in the east, Inchy and Beaumont-en-Cambrésis in the south, Béthencourt in the west and Southwest, Quiévy in the west and Saint-Hilaire-lez-Cambrai in the northwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 2,186 | 2,243 | 2,102 | 1,844 | 1,566 | 1,419 | 1,350 | 1,483 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
Personalities
- Édouard Depreux (1898–1981), politician
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1514-1515.
Web links
Commons : Viesly - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Viesly in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture