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:

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

## References