Vieux-Condé

Vieux-Condé
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Marly
Community association	Valenciennes Métropole
Coordinates	50 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ N , 3 ° 34 ′ E
height	13-51 m
surface	11.06 km 2
Residents	10,469 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	947 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59690
INSEE code	59616
Website	https://www.ville-vieux-conde.fr/
	; The last stop of the tram is Le Boulon in Vieux-Condé, in the back right the restored signal box of the former train station

Vieux-Condé ( Dutch Oudkonde ) is a French city with 10,469 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Marly (until 2015: canton of Condé-sur-l'Escaut ). It is located near the Belgian border in the Scarpe-Schelde Regional Nature Park .

Surname

The place name is derived from the Celtic word Condat (e) (confluence), nearby the grove flows into the Scheldt (French: Escaut). In the Gallo-Roman times the place was called Vetus Condatum. In the course of the French Revolution , Vieux-Condé was renamed “Vieux-Nord-Libre”, and in 1810 the place got its old name back.

history

Vetus Condatum was first mentioned in 1215. As a result of armed conflict, the village was destroyed several times, in 1645 only six or seven houses existed. In 1741 coal deposits were discovered in Vieux-Condé . By 1810, Vieux-Condé had about 1,300 inhabitants.

Coal was mined in Vieux-Condé between 1751 and 1983 , so the town has an old mining tradition . During the Second World War it was badly damaged by a bomb attack. The center in particular was badly hit and had to be completely rebuilt after the war.

traffic

On May 23, 1873, the section Vieux-Condé- Péruwelz of the Chemin de fer d'Anzin , the railway line from Somain to the Belgian border town of Péruwelz, opened. The line was extended on June 1, 1874 via Condé-sur-l'Escaut to Anzin . In 1963 passenger traffic was stopped, and in 1975 the line to Péruwelz was dismantled. Freight traffic ended in 1986.

The T2 tram of the Valenciennes tram has been running to Vieux-Condé since February 24, 2014 ; its terminus is on the site of the former train station.