Arrondissement of Valenciennes

The arrondissement of Valenciennes, also known as Valenciennois, is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Valenciennes.

Valenciennes
Arrondissement
Location within the region Hauts-de-France
Location within the region Hauts-de-France
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
No. of communes82
SubprefectureValenciennes
Area
634.8 km2 (245.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
351,264
INSEE code596

History

When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Valenciennes was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Valenciennes is one of the central arrondissement of the Nord department. It borders with Belgium to the north, the Avesnes-sur-Helpe arrondissement to the east, the Cambrai arrondissement to the south and the Douai arrondissement to the west.

The arrondissement of Valenciennes is the second smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of 634.8 square kilometres (245.1 square miles).[3] It has a population of 351,073 inhabitants for a population density of 553.0 inhabitants/km2.[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Valenciennes are:

  • Anzin (5903)
  • Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (5906)
  • Denain (5914)
  • Marly (5929)
  • Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (5934)
  • Valenciennes (5939)

Communes

The arrondissement of Valenciennes has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]

  1. Abscon (59002)
  2. Anzin (59014)
  3. Artres (59019)
  4. Aubry-du-Hainaut (59027)
  5. Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (59032)
  6. Avesnes-le-Sec (59038)
  7. Bellaing (59064)
  8. Beuvrages (59079)
  9. Bouchain (59092)
  10. Bousignies (59100)
  11. Brillon (59109)
  12. Bruay-sur-l'Escaut (59112)
  13. Bruille-Saint-Amand (59114)
  14. Château-l'Abbaye (59144)
  15. Condé-sur-l'Escaut (59153)
  16. Crespin (59160)
  17. Curgies (59166)
  18. Denain (59172)
  19. Douchy-les-Mines (59179)
  20. Émerchicourt (59192)
  21. Escaudain (59205)
  22. Escautpont (59207)
  23. Estreux (59215)
  24. Famars (59221)
  25. Flines-lès-Mortagne (59238)
  26. Fresnes-sur-Escaut (59253)
  27. Hasnon (59284)
  28. Haspres (59285)
  29. Haulchin (59288)
  30. Haveluy (59292)
  31. Hergnies (59301)
  32. Hordain (59313)
  33. Hélesmes (59297)
  34. Hérin (59302)
  35. La Sentinelle (59564)
  36. Lecelles (59335)
  37. Lieu-Saint-Amand (59348)
  38. Lourches (59361)
  39. Maing (59369)
  40. Marly (59383)
  41. Marquette-en-Ostrevant (59387)
  42. Mastaing (59391)
  43. Maulde (59393)
  44. Millonfosse (59403)
  45. Monchaux-sur-Écaillon (59407)
  46. Mortagne-du-Nord (59418)
  47. Neuville-sur-Escaut (59429)
  48. Nivelle (59434)
  49. Noyelles-sur-Selle (59440)
  50. Odomez (59444)
  51. Oisy (59446)
  52. Onnaing (59447)
  53. Petite-Forêt (59459)
  54. Prouvy (59475)
  55. Préseau (59471)
  56. Quarouble (59479)
  57. Quiévrechain (59484)
  58. Quérénaing (59480)
  59. Raismes (59491)
  60. Rœulx (59504)
  61. Rombies-et-Marchipont (59505)
  62. Rosult (59511)
  63. Rouvignies (59515)
  64. Rumegies (59519)
  65. Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59526)
  66. Saint-Aybert (59530)
  67. Saint-Saulve (59544)
  68. Sars-et-Rosières (59554)
  69. Saultain (59557)
  70. Sebourg (59559)
  71. Thiant (59589)
  72. Thivencelle (59591)
  73. Thun-Saint-Amand (59594)
  74. Trith-Saint-Léger (59603)
  75. Valenciennes (59606)
  76. Verchain-Maugré (59610)
  77. Vicq (59613)
  78. Vieux-Condé (59616)
  79. Wallers (59632)
  80. Wasnes-au-Bac (59645)
  81. Wavrechain-sous-Denain (59651)
  82. Wavrechain-sous-Faulx (59652)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
59606Valenciennes43,787ValenciennesCA Valenciennes Métropole
59172Denain20,510DenainCA de la Porte du Hainaut
59526Saint-Amand-les-Eaux16,654Saint-Amand-les-EauxCA de la Porte du Hainaut
59014Anzin13,275AnzinCA Valenciennes Métropole
59491Raismes12,639Saint-Amand-les-EauxCA de la Porte du Hainaut
59112Bruay-sur-l'Escaut11,851AnzinCA Valenciennes Métropole
59383Marly11,472MarlyCA Valenciennes Métropole
59544Saint-Saulve11,245ValenciennesCA Valenciennes Métropole
59179Douchy-les-Mines10,788DenainCA de la Porte du Hainaut
59616Vieux-Condé9,932MarlyCA Valenciennes Métropole
59153Condé-sur-l'Escaut9,686MarlyCA Valenciennes Métropole

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique du Nord". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. "Arrondissement de Valenciennes (596)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-167 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Nord" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. "Arrondissement de Dunkerque (594)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

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