Wandignies-Hamage

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Wandignies-Hamage
Wandignies-Hamage coat of arms
Wandignies-Hamage (France)
Wandignies-Hamage
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Sin-le-Noble
Community association Cœur d'Ostre event
Coordinates 50 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '  N , 3 ° 19'  E
height 15-21 m
surface 6.3 km 2
Residents 1,302 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 207 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59870
INSEE code 59637
Website http://www.wandignies-hamage.fr/

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Wandignies-Hamage is a French commune with 1,302 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Douai and the Canton of Sin-le-Noble (until 2015: Canton Marchiennes ). The inhabitants are called the Wandinamageois .

geography

Wandignies-Hamage is about 17 kilometers east-northeast of Douai . The canalised Scarpe flows north of the municipality . Wandignies-Hamage is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Warlaing in the north, Rieulay in the north, Hélesmes in the east, Hornaing in the southeast, Erre in the south, Fenain in the southwest, Rieulay in the west and Marchiennes in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,055 1,013 1,016 1,070 1,114 1,123 1,187 1,267
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church
  • Remains and excavation site of the old Benedictine abbey, founded and built between 625 and 639
  • Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church from 1818

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1127-1129.

Web links

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