Wattignies-la-Victoire
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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 | |
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 | 59649 | |
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 | |
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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
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Wattignies-la-Victoire in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture