Wallers-en-Fagne
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
| Canton | Fourmies | |
| Community association | Sud Avesnois | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 ′ N , 4 ° 11 ′ E | |
| height | 186-236 m | |
| surface | 7.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 286 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59132 | |
| INSEE code | 59633 | |
| Website | www.wallers-en-fagne.fr | |
Wallers-en-Fagne (until August 2007 Wallers-Trélon , NDL .: "Wallaar") is a French municipality with 286 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Canton Fourmies (2015: Canton Trélon ) in Nord in the region Hauts-de-France . The municipal area of the street village is 7.79 km². The place is on the banks of the Helpe Majeure river .
history
In the year 657 Landelin von Crespin founded the Abbey Waslere , which he dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul and in which he later founded, a few kilometers south of the Abbey of Aulne , a few kilometers south of the Abbey of Aulne , which he had given to his family by King Dagobert I canonized dodo as abbot. The monastery was destroyed by marauding Vikings in 870 ; there are hardly any traces left of him.
The small town of Wallers developed around the Benedictine monastery.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret n ° 2007-1217 du 10 août 2007 portant changement de nom de communes. Retrieved October 8, 2008 (French).
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1638-1639.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Wallers-en-Fagne in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
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