Valenciennes

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Valenciennes is a historic industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border, known for its former coal and steel industries and its rich artistic and architectural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Valenciennes canonical 41
City of Valenciennes 2
Valenciennes, France 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France
subprefecture in France
coatOfArmsDescription gules a lion argent armed and langued azure
country France
departmentCode 59
dialectRegion Picard
economicHistory major industrial center of coal and steel
footballClubStadium Stade du Hainaut
hasCulturalInstitution Conservatoire de Valenciennes
hasFootballClub Valenciennes FC
hasMuseum Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
hasNotableArtist Antoine Watteau
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
hasRailwayStation Gare de Valenciennes
hasTransport Valenciennes tramway
hasUniversity Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
historicallyDependentOn Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
surface form: mining basin of Nord–Pas-de-Calais
historicalRegion County of Hainaut
French Hainaut
INSEECODE 59606
isSubprefectureOf Nord department
knownFor architectural heritage
artistic heritage
coal industry
lace production
steel industry
textile industry
languageRegion French
locatedIn Hauts-de-France
surface form: Hauts-de-France region

Nord department
northern France
locatedNear Belgian border
nickname Athens of the North
partOf arrondissement of Valenciennes
population approximately 43000 inhabitants
postalCode 59300
regionCapitalOf none
river Scheldt
surface form: Escaut
subprefectureSeatOf arrondissement of Valenciennes
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
traversedBy Scheldt
surface form: Scheldt River
twinTown Bielsko-Biała
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Scheldt passesThroughCity Valenciennes
Ludwigslied manuscriptLocation Valenciennes
Treaty of Nijmegen grantedTerritory Valenciennes
Nord department containsCity Valenciennes
subject surface form: Nord (department)
Nord department hasSubprefecture Valenciennes
subject surface form: Nord (department)
Guido de Brès deathPlace Valenciennes
Queen Philippa of Hainault birthPlace Valenciennes
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
Antoine Watteau birthPlace Valenciennes
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux birthPlace Valenciennes
Nord subprefecture Valenciennes
Nord contains Valenciennes
Hainaut historicalCapital Valenciennes
Hainaut hasCity Valenciennes
Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes ownedBy Valenciennes
this entity surface form: City of Valenciennes
Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes operatedBy Valenciennes
this entity surface form: City of Valenciennes
Jean-Baptiste Pater placeOfBirth Valenciennes
Gustave Crauck placeOfBirth Valenciennes
Gustave Crauck workLocation Valenciennes
Sevel Nord plant, Lieu-Saint-Amand, France locatedNear Valenciennes
subject surface form: Sevel Nord plant
Place de Valenciennes hasNameOrigin Valenciennes
Maubeuge nearbyCity Valenciennes
R68 locationOfAssembly Valenciennes
this entity surface form: Valenciennes, France
City of Orchies locatedBetween Valenciennes
City of Orchies hasRailConnectionTo Valenciennes
Philippa placeOfBirth Valenciennes
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
Henri Harpignies birthPlace Valenciennes
this entity surface form: Valenciennes, France
Philippa of Hainaut birthPlace Valenciennes
Countess of Holland birthPlace Valenciennes
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
The Love Song creatorBirthPlace Valenciennes
Differdange hasTwinTown Valenciennes
European route E19 passesThrough Valenciennes
Lille-Flandres connectsToCity Valenciennes
French Hainaut majorCity Valenciennes