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Place details
- Locality
- Le Quesnoy
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,897
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Nord
- Arrondissement
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- Canton
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- Intercommunality
- Pays de Mormal
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Marie-Sophie Lesne
- Area
- 14.23 km (5.49 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 4,878
- Density
- 342.8/km (887.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 59481 /59530
- Elevation
- 82–138 m (269–453 ft) , (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Quesnoy ( French pronunciation: [lə kenwa]; Picard: L' Kénoé) is a commune and small town in the east of the Nord department of northern France. It was part of the historical province of French Hainaut. It is known for its fortifications, dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It had a significant shoemaking industry before the late 1940s, followed by a chemical factory and dairy, giving way to its weekly market, tourism, local commuting to elsewhere such as Valenciennes and local shops.
Le Quesnoy's inhabitants are known as Quercitains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Quesnoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.