Arrondissement of Valenciennes

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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 59606  Valenciennes  43,787  Valenciennes  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59172  Denain  20,510  Denain  CA de la Porte du Hainaut 59526  Saint-Amand-les-Eaux  16,654  Saint-Amand-les-Eaux  CA de la Porte du Hainaut 59014  Anzin  13,275  Anzin  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59491  Raismes  12,639  Saint-Amand-les-Eaux  CA de la Porte du Hainaut 59112  Bruay-sur-l'Escaut  11,851  Anzin  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59383  Marly  11,472  Marly  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59544  Saint-Saulve  11,245  Valenciennes  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59179  Douchy-les-Mines  10,788  Denain  CA de la Porte du Hainaut 59616  Vieux-Condé  9,932  Marly  CA Valenciennes Métropole 59153  Condé-sur-l'Escaut  9,686  Marly  CA Valenciennes Métropole

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nord department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Valenciennes