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Arrondissement of Valenciennes
Valenciennes

Valenciennes

Valenciennes is a commune in the department, , France. It lies on the river. Although the city and region experienced a steady population decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded.
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  • Type: City with 43,000 residents
  • Description: French commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
  • Also known as: “Valencijn”, “Valencyn”, and “Valincyinne”
  • Postal code: 59300

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hôtel de Ville and Église Saint-Géry, Valenciennes.

Town hall
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The is a municipal building in Valenciennes, , north , standing on the Place d'Armes. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 2001.

Church
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is a church.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raismes and Monchaux-sur-Écaillon.

Town
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is a commune in the department in northern France. The flutist Gaston Blanquart was born in . is known for hosting the annual rock music festival Fest.

Village
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is a commune in the department in northern . is situated 9 km southwest of Valenciennes.

Town
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is a commune in the department in northern . As of 2019 had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km2. It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut, which in 2017 had a total population of 158,754. is situated 10 km west of Valenciennes.

Valenciennes

Latitude
50.35793° or 50° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
3.52349° or 3° 31′ 25″ east
Population
43,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
XVS
United Nations Location Code
FR VAL
Open location code
9F259G5F+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26691921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2971041
Wiki­data ID
Q163795
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Valenciennes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Valenciennes”
  • Arabic: “فالنسيان”
  • Aragonese: “Valenciennes”
  • Armenian: “Վալանսեն”
  • Armenian: “Վալանսիեն”
  • Arpitan: “Valenciennes”
  • Asturian: “Valenciennes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Valansyen”
  • Bambara: “Valenciennes”
  • Basque: “Valenciennes”
  • Bavarian: “Valenciennes”
  • Belarusian: “Валансьен”
  • Belarusian: “Валянсьен”
  • Breton: “Valenciennes”
  • Bulgarian: “Валансиен”
  • Cajun French: “Valenciennes”
  • Catalan: “Valenciennes”
  • Catalan: “Valencijn”
  • Catalan: “Valencyn”
  • Catalan: “Valincyinne”
  • Cebuano: “Valenciennes”
  • Chechen: “Валансьенн”
  • Chinese: “Valenciennes”
  • Chinese: “瓦朗謝訥”
  • Chinese: “瓦朗谢讷”
  • Chinese: “華朗謝訥”
  • Chuvash: “Валансьен”
  • Corsican: “Valenciennes”
  • Croatian: “Valenciennes”
  • Czech: “Valenciennes”
  • Dagbani: “Valenciennes”
  • Danish: “Valenciennes”
  • Dutch: “Valenciennes”
  • Dutch: “Valencijn”
  • Dutch: “Valencyn”
  • Dutch: “Valincyinne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فالنسيان”
  • Esperanto: “Valenciennes”
  • Esperanto: “Valencieno”
  • Esperanto: “Valencijn”
  • Esperanto: “Valencyn”
  • Esperanto: “Valincyinne”
  • Estonian: “Valenciennes”
  • Faroese: “Valenciennes”
  • Finnish: “Valenciennes”
  • French: “Valenciennes”
  • French: “Valencijn”
  • French: “Valencyn”
  • French: “Valincyinne”
  • Friulian: “Valenciennes”
  • Galician: “Valenciennes”
  • Georgian: “ვალანსიენი”
  • German: “Valenciennes”
  • German: “Valencijn”
  • German: “Valencyn”
  • German: “Valincyinne”
  • Greek: “Βαλανσιέν”
  • Hebrew: “ואלנסיין”
  • Hebrew: “ולנסיין”
  • Hungarian: “Valenciennes”
  • Hungarian: “Valencijn”
  • Hungarian: “Valencyn”
  • Hungarian: “Valincyinne”
  • Icelandic: “Valenciennes”
  • Ido: “Valenciennes”
  • Indonesian: “Valenciennes”
  • Interlingua: “Valenciennes”
  • Interlingue: “Valenciennes”
  • Irish: “Valenciennes”
  • Italian: “Valenciennes”
  • Italian: “Valencijn”
  • Italian: “Valencyn”
  • Italian: “Valincyinne”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Valenciennes”
  • Japanese: “ヴァランシエン”
  • Japanese: “ヴァランシエンヌ”
  • Kabyle: “Valenciennes”
  • Kalaallisut: “Valenciennes”
  • Kazakh: “Валансьенн”
  • Kongo: “Valenciennes”
  • Korean: “발랑시엔”
  • Kurdish: “Valenciennes”
  • Ladin: “Valenciennes”
  • Latin: “Valencenae”
  • Latin: “Valenciennes”
  • Latin: “Valencijn”
  • Latin: “Valencyn”
  • Latin: “Valentiana”
  • Latin: “Valincyinne”
  • Latvian: “Valansjēna”
  • Latvian: “Valencijn”
  • Latvian: “Valencyn”
  • Latvian: “Valincyinne”
  • Ligurian: “Valenciennes”
  • Limburgan: “Valenciennes”
  • Lithuanian: “Valansjenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Valenciennes”
  • Lithuanian: “Valencijn”
  • Lithuanian: “Valencyn”
  • Lithuanian: “Valincyinne”
  • Low German: “Valenciennes”
  • Low German: “Valencijn”
  • Low German: “Valencyn”
  • Low German: “Valincyinne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Valenciennes”
  • Macedonian: “Валансјен”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Valenciennes”
  • Malagasy: “Valenciennes”
  • Malay: “Valenciennes”
  • Mazanderani: “ولانسین”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Valenciennes”
  • Minangkabau: “Valenciennes”
  • Narom: “Valenciennes”
  • Neapolitan: “Valenciennes”
  • Northern Frisian: “Valenciennes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Valenciennes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valenciennes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valencijn”
  • Norwegian: “Valenciennes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Valencianas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Valenciennes”
  • Ossetian: “Валансьен”
  • Papiamento: “Valenciennes”
  • Persian: “والنسین”
  • Persian: “ولانسین”
  • Picard: “Valinchinne”
  • Picard: “Valincyinne”
  • Picard: “Valinsien”
  • Piemontese: “Valenciennes”
  • Polish: “Valenciennes”
  • Polish: “Valencijn”
  • Polish: “Valencyn”
  • Polish: “Valincyinne”
  • Portuguese: “Valenciennes”
  • Portuguese: “Valencijn”
  • Portuguese: “Valencyn”
  • Portuguese: “Valincyinne”
  • Prussian: “Valenciennes”
  • Romagnol: “Valenciennes”
  • Romanian: “Valenciennes”
  • Romanian: “Valencijn”
  • Romanian: “Valencyn”
  • Romanian: “Valincyinne”
  • Romansh: “Valenciennes”
  • Russian: “Валансьен”
  • Russian: “Валенсьен”
  • Sardinian: “Valenciennes”
  • Scots: “Valenciennes”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Valenciennes”
  • Serbian: “Valansjen”
  • Serbian: “Valenciennes”
  • Serbian: “Валансјен”
  • Serbian: “Валенсијен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valenciennes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Valensijen”
  • Sicilian: “Valenciennes”
  • Silesian: “Valenciennes”
  • Slovak: “Valenciennes”
  • Slovenian: “Valenciennes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “والنسین”
  • Spanish: “Valenciennes”
  • Spanish: “Valencijn”
  • Spanish: “Valencyn”
  • Spanish: “Valincyinne”
  • Swahili: “Valenciennes”
  • Swedish: “Valenciennes”
  • Swedish: “Valencijn”
  • Swedish: “Valencyn”
  • Swedish: “Valincyinne”
  • Swiss German: “Valenciennes”
  • Swiss German: “Valencijn”
  • Swiss German: “Valencyn”
  • Swiss German: “Valincyinne”
  • Tatar: “Валансьен”
  • Thai: “Valenciennes”
  • Thai: “วาลองเชียนส์”
  • Thai: “วาล็องเซียน”
  • Turkish: “Valenciennes”
  • Ukrainian: “Валансьєн”
  • Ukrainian: “Валансьєнн”
  • Venetian: “Valenciennes”
  • Veps: “Valans’jen”
  • Veps: “Valansjen”
  • Vietnamese: “Valenciennes”
  • Vlaams: “Valenciennes”
  • Volapük: “Valenciennes”
  • Walloon: “Valenciennes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Valenciennes”
  • Welsh: “Valenciennes”
  • Western Frisian: “Falensyn”
  • Western Frisian: “Valenciennes”
  • Wolof: “Valenciennes”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦朗谢讷”
  • Yue Chinese: “華倫西恩斯”
  • Zulu: “Valenciennes”
  • “Valenciennes”

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