Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
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| Coordinates: 50°26′55″N 3°25′41″E / 50.4486°N 3.4281°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux |
| Intercommunality | CA Porte du Hainaut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Bocquet[1] (PCF) |
| Area 1 | 33.81 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 15,980 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Amandinois, Amandinoise |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59526 /59230 |
| Elevation | 14–39 m (46–128 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃ lez‿o]; former Dutch: Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France.[3] It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named Amandinois (m), Amandinoise (f).[4]
The composer Robert Lannoy (1915–1979) was born in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
Saint Amand
until its dissolution in 1789.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 17,170 | — |
| 1975 | 16,692 | −0.40% |
| 1982 | 16,199 | −0.43% |
| 1990 | 16,776 | +0.44% |
| 1999 | 17,175 | +0.26% |
| 2007 | 16,612 | −0.42% |
| 2012 | 16,836 | +0.27% |
| 2017 | 15,889 | −1.15% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux are blazoned: Vert, a sword argent hilted Or between 2 fleurs de lys Or.
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Local culture and heritage
Industries
Saint Amand has an industrial belt,
springs
.
The Tower
The tower on the Grand'Place standing 82 metres tall is the symbol of this town. It is one of the remaining structures of the former
defaced
in 1789. But we can see the Lothaire's statue founder of the Saint Amand school in 9th century in north face. The Saint Amand, Saint Denis, Saint Benoist and Saint Martin's statues on fifth level south face. On south face, third level, we can see the Saint Juliette and Saint Cyr's statues. On fifth level, the Hucbald 's statue which was a poet and musician, and we can see dragons symbolizing the evil spirit tamed by Saint Amand
The clock with roller and the
Jehan Froissart, in this chronicles relate the siege of Saint Amand in 1340 and bells war damaged. In 1784-1785, G.L.Barbieux, one of the founders of Tournai, smelted
bells down below the tour. The carillon rung the bell at half past eleven to twelve o'clock, from February 18, 1802 ( 15 pluviose, fifth year ) each day to warn the workers that lunch approaches.
The Echevinage
Saint Amand les Eaux, l'échevinage de l'abbaye
Named
Watteau
room where there are paintings painted by himself in 1781 and 1792.
Saint Martin's church
On the place of the actual church there was a Saint Martin's Mont des Cornet, at the 7th century and romance church in the 11th century.
The ancient faience factories
Saint Amand is known for its faience, produced, in the past, by ancient faience factories who was used the bianco sopra bianco technical.
- 1705 Nicolas Demoutier built a faience factory, managed by himself and by the family Dorez, descendants of Bartélémy a ceramist from Lille, in the next place. The faience factory equipment was sold to Bécart in 1775, who has been installed this firm in Valenciennes.
- 1718, the Fauquez family built their faience factory. They were natives of to cross the frontier. The Fauquez's factory was closed in 1794.
Sister cities
Andernach, Germany since 1959.
Dimona, Israel since 1966.
Tivoli, Italy since 2001.
Irvine, Scotland
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Nord, habitants.fr
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne église abbatiale, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ bancloque is the French writing of the Dutch/Flemish word banklokke. A banklokke (i.e. public announcement bell) was used by local authorities to gather people for announcements. (Cf. Van begin 14de tot begin 15de eeuw deed de klok dienst als banklokke, waarbij ban bekendmaking betekent. from: klokke-roeland.nl)
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