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Valenciennes
Valincyinnes / Valinciennes (Picard) | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 The town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Valenciennes  | |
  Valenciennes  Valenciennes | |
| Coordinates: 50°21′29″N 03°31′24″E / 50.35806°N 3.52333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Valenciennes |
| Intercommunality | CA Valenciennes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Degallaix[1] (UDI) |
| Area 1 | 13.82 km2 (5.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 42,991 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Valenciennois (masculine) Valenciennoise (feminine) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59606 /59300 |
| Elevation | 17–56 m (56–184 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Valenciennes (/ˌvælɒ̃ˈsjɛn/,[3] also UK: /ˌvælənsiˈɛn/,[4] US: /-nz, vəˌlɛnsiˈɛn(z)/,[5][6] French: [valɑ̃sjɛn] ; also Dutch: Valencijn; Picard: Valincyinnes or Valinciennes; Latin: Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.[7]
It lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river. Although the city and region experienced a steady population decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Valenciennes". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Valenciennes". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Valenciennes". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Valenciennes". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ INSEE commune file