Vieux-Condé | |
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.JPG) The Martin Pit mining village of the Anzin mines | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vieux-Condé | |
  Vieux-Condé  Vieux-Condé | |
| Coordinates:50°27′37″N3°34′09″E / 50.4603°N 3.5692°E /50.4603; 3.5692 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Marly |
| Intercommunality | CA Valenciennes Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | David Bustin[1] |
Area 1 | 11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 10,455 |
| • Density | 945.3/km2 (2,448/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59616 /59690 |
| Elevation | 13–51 m (43–167 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vieux-Condé (French pronunciation:[vjøkɔ̃de];Dutch:Oudkonde) is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3] The village stands on a canalised section of the riverScheldt, adjacent to the northwest ofCondé-sur-l'Escaut. It is part of the agglomeration (unité urbaine) ofValenciennes.[3]
The name of the village was formerly simply 'Condé', which is a place-name widespread in France, deriving possibly from aGaulish word for a confluence of rivers.
The name is found in theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 883, reporting thatVikings sailed up the Scheldt to occupyCundoþ. It is found asVetus Condatum in the 'cartulaire de Vicogne' of 1215 and asVies Condet in a work byJacques de Guise of the 14th century[4]
As the Prince of Condé was a prominent royalist, at theFrench Revolution the village was renamed 'Vieux-Nord-Libre' until 1810.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 11,970 | — |
| 1975 | 11,514 | −0.55% |
| 1982 | 11,178 | −0.42% |
| 1990 | 10,859 | −0.36% |
| 1999 | 10,641 | −0.23% |
| 2007 | 10,724 | +0.10% |
| 2012 | 10,070 | −1.25% |
| 2017 | 10,469 | +0.78% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
| The arms of Vieux-Condé areblazoned : Argent, on a fess gules, a vivre of the field. [a vivre is a thin barrulet dancetty] |
Bleicherode in Germany since 1961; alsoNiederzier in Germany since 1988.
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