Title: Arrondissement of Valenciennes Content: 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. ==History== When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Valenciennes was part of that original department. ==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 . It has a population of 351,073 inhabitants for a population density of inhabitants/km2. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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 # Abscon (59002) # Anzin (59014) # Artres (59019) # Aubry-du-Hainaut (59027) # Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (59032) # Avesnes-le-Sec (59038) # Bellaing (59064) # Beuvrages (59079) # Bouchain (59092) # Bousignies (59100) # Brillon (59109) # Bruay-sur-l'Escaut (59112) # Bruille-Saint-Amand (59114) # Château-l'Abbaye (59144) # Condé-sur-l'Escaut (59153) # Crespin (59160) # Curgies (59166) # Denain (59172) # Douchy-les-Mines (59179) # Émerchicourt (59192) # Escaudain (59205) # Escautpont (59207) # Estreux (59215) # Famars (59221) # Flines-lès-Mortagne (59238) # Fresnes-sur-Escaut (59253) # Hasnon (59284) # Haspres (59285) # Haulchin (59288) # Haveluy (59292) # Hergnies (59301) # Hordain (59313) # Hélesmes (59297) # Hérin (59302) # La Sentinelle (59564) # Lecelles (59335) # Lieu-Saint-Amand (59348) # Lourches (59361) # Maing (59369) # Marly (59383) # Marquette-en-Ostrevant (59387) # Mastaing (59391) # Maulde (59393) # Millonfosse (59403) # Monchaux-sur-Écaillon (59407) # Mortagne-du-Nord (59418) # Neuville-sur-Escaut (59429) # Nivelle (59434) # Noyelles-sur-Selle (59440) # Odomez (59444) # Oisy (59446) # Onnaing (59447) # Petite-Forêt (59459) # Prouvy (59475) # Préseau (59471) # Quarouble (59479) # Quiévrechain (59484) # Quérénaing (59480) # Raismes (59491) # Rœulx (59504) # Rombies-et-Marchipont (59505) # Rosult (59511) # Rouvignies (59515) # Rumegies (59519) # Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (59526) # Saint-Aybert (59530) # Saint-Saulve (59544) # Sars-et-Rosières (59554) # Saultain (59557) # Sebourg (59559) # Thiant (59589) # Thivencelle (59591) # Thun-Saint-Amand (59594) # Trith-Saint- Léger (59603) # Valenciennes (59606) # Verchain-Maugré (59610) # Vicq (59613) # Vieux-Condé (59616) # Wallers (59632) # Wasnes-au-Bac (59645) # Wavrechain- sous-Denain (59651) # Wavrechain-sous-Faulx (59652) The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:  ==Related pages== * Arrondissements of the Nord department * List of arrondissements of France