Wattignies-la-Victoire

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Wattignies-la-Victoire
Coat of arms of Wattignies-la-Victoire
Wattignies-la-Victoire (France)
Wattignies-la-Victoire
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Fourmies
Community association Coeur de l'Avesnois
Coordinates 50 ° 12 '  N , 4 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '  N , 4 ° 1'  E
height 147-205 m
surface 6.31 km 2
Residents 243 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59680
INSEE code
Website http://www.wattignieslavictoire.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Wattignies-la-Victoire

Wattignies-la-Victoire is a French municipality with 243 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Fourmies (until 2015: canton of Maubeuge-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Wattegnien (ne) s .

geography

Wattignies-la-Victoire is about eight kilometers south-southeast of Maubeuge . Wattignies-la-Victoire is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Damousies in the north, Dimont in the south and east, Beugnies in the south and south-west, Floursies in the south-west and Beaufort in the west.

history

The Battle of Wattignies took place here in the first coalition war in 1793 between French and Habsburg troops. With the (relatively insignificant) victory of the French army, the community was honored with the addition of la-Victoire (also to differentiate it from the city of the same name) .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
209 238 216 239 224 233 260 250
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Sainte-Hiltrude Church
  • Battle memorial for the victory of the Battle of Wattignies
  • Le Stordoir Mill

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1252-1252.

Web links

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