Complex sentence: Valenciennes (Old Dutch: "Valencijn", Latin: "Valentianae") is a town and commune in northern France in the Nord "département" on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river.
Split into simpler sentences: Valenciennes (Old Dutch: "Valencijn", Latin: "Valentianae") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river.