Wasnes-au-Bac

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Wasnes-au-Bac
Wasnes-au-Bac coat of arms
Wasnes-au-Bac (France)
Wasnes-au-Bac
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Denain
Community association Porte du Hainaut
Coordinates 50 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  E
height 32-63 m
surface 5.19 km 2
Residents 609 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 117 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59252
INSEE code 59645

Town hall (Mairie) of Wasnes-au-Bac

Wasnes-au-Bac is a French municipality with 609 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and the canton of Denain (until 2015: canton of Bouchain ).

geography

Wasnes-au-Bac is about 16 kilometers southeast of Douai and about 21 kilometers southwest of Valenciennes . To the south are the salt marshes of the Sensée River . Wasnes-au-Bac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marcq-en-Ostrevent in the north and northwest, Marquette-en-Ostrevant in the north and northeast, Wavrechain-sous-Faulx in the east, Paillencourt in the south, Hem-Lenglet in the southwest and Féchain in the West.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 462 500 476 446 483 512 558 589
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from 1776
Saint Martin Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 325–326.

Web links

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