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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
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 One of the abbey buildings in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
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 Location of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
  Saint-Amand-les-Eaux  Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |
| Coordinates:50°26′55″N3°25′41″E / 50.4486°N 3.4281°E /50.4486; 3.4281 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux |
| Intercommunality | CA Porte du Hainaut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2025–2026) | Fabien Roussel[1] (PCF) |
Area 1 | 33.81 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 15,974 |
| • Density | 472.5/km2 (1,224/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Amandinois, Amandinoise |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59526 /59230 |
| Elevation | 14–39 m (46–128 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (French pronunciation:[sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃lez‿o]; former Dutch:Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is acommune in theNorddepartment, northern France.[3] It lies on the riverScarpe, 12 km northwest ofValenciennes. In French, the town people are namedAmandinois (m),Amandinoise (f).[4]
Saint-Amand Abbey, formerly Elnon Abbey, was located here from its foundation in the 630s bySaint Amand until its dissolution in 1789.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 17,170 | — |
| 1975 | 16,692 | −0.40% |
| 1982 | 16,199 | −0.43% |
| 1990 | 16,776 | +0.44% |
| 1999 | 17,175 | +0.26% |
| 2007 | 16,612 | −0.42% |
| 2012 | 16,836 | +0.27% |
| 2017 | 15,889 | −1.15% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
| The arms of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux areblazoned: Vert, a sword argent hilted Or between 2 fleurs de lys Or. |
Saint Amand has an industrial belt,casino, shopping centre,thermal baths, and severalsprings.
The tower on the Grand'Place standing 82 metres tall is the symbol of this town. It is one of the remaining structures of the formerSaint-Amand Abbey, and it was the west façade of the former abbey church, which has been demolished.[6] It has acarillon with 48 bells and a museum devoted tofaience. The abbey was founded in the 7th century by a friar named Amand, reconstructed in the 17th century under abbot Nicolas Dubois in a baroque style. Declared national property at theFrench Revolution in 1789, the abbey was destroyed in 1794. The tower is ornamented with statues, some of which weredefaced in 1789. But we can see the Lothaire's statue founder of the Saint Amand school in 9th century in north face. The Saint Amand, Saint Denis, Saint Benoist and Saint Martin's statues on fifth level south face. On south face, third level, we can see the Saint Juliette and Saint Cyr's statues. On fifth level, the Hucbald 's statue which was a poet and musician, and we can see dragons symbolizing the evil spirit tamed by Saint Amand
The clock with roller and thecarillon have been constructed in 1640, but the ancient abbey had many bells, too, of which thefriar d'Elnon and Giselberg deplore, in a poem, the loss of 17 bells in a fire in 1066.Jehan Froissart, in this chronicles relate the siege of Saint Amand in 1340 and bells war damaged. In 1784-1785, G.L.Barbieux, one of the founders of Tournai,smelted bells down below the tour. The carillon rung the bell at half past eleven to twelve o'clock, from February 18, 1802 ( 15 pluviose, fifth year ) each day to warn the workers that lunch approaches.
Namedpriory too, because it was touched the prior's rooms, built in 1632 during the Flemish Renaissance, was the primary entrance of the abbey. There was magistrate of the town's meeting rooms. In second level there was justice room and jails in street level. Onemoat, named "Madame" was facing the front door which haddrawbridge andportcullis. The bell, namedbancloque[7] was called the people so that they hear the magistrate's speeches than he was screamed on his balcony at the top of the front door. Till then 1958, in the firth level, the peace justice was done. In this level there was wedding room, burned in 1949, rebuilt after. In second level there are echevinal and reception rooms, and theWatteau room where there are paintings painted by himself in 1781 and 1792.
At the location of the current church, there was Saint Martin's Mont des Cornet, a 7th-century church, rebuilt in the 11th century in theromanesque style and again in 1783, this time in theneoclassical.
Saint Amand is known for itsfaience, produced, in the past, by ancient faience factories that used thebianco sopra bianco technique.
The composerRobert Lannoy (1915–1979) was born in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.[citation needed]
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