Recquignies
Recquignies is a village in Recquignies, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Hauts-de-France and has about 2,420 residents. Recquignies is situated nearby to the village Boussois, as well as near the hamlet Rocq.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gare de Recquignies and Église Saint-Martin de Boussois.
Église Saint-Martin de Boussois
Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
Église Saint-Martin de Boussois is a church.
Ouvrage Boussois
Fort
Photo: Chevalier libre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouvrage Boussois is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeumont and Feignies.
Jeumont
Town
Photo: Weygand, Public domain.
Jeumont is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the Belgian border and on the river Sambre, adjacent to the Belgian town Erquelinnes. It is part of the agglomeration of Maubeuge. Jeumont is situated 4 km east of Recquignies.
Feignies
Village
Photo: Budotradan, Public domain.
Feignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth. Feignies is situated 9 km west of Recquignies.
Hautmont
Town
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hautmont is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 5 km southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents. On 3 August 2008 a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. Hautmont is situated 10 km southwest of Recquignies.
Recquignies
- Type: Village with 2,420 residents
- Postal code: 59245
- Category: locality
- Location: Recquignies, Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, North, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.28561° or 50° 17′ 8″ northLongitude
4.04293° or 4° 2′ 35″ eastPopulation
2,420Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR RECOpen location code
9F2672PV+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 26697840OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2984210
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