Valenciennes
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Valenciennes (Template:IPA-fr; Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies on the Scheldt (Template:Lang-fr) river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded. The 1999 census recorded that the population of the commune of Valenciennes was 41,278, and that of the metropolitan area was 399,677.
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People born in Valenciennes
- Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII
- Medieval chronicler Jean Froissart
- Queen consort of England Philippa of Hainault
- Flemish painter Robert Campin (birth in Valenciennes is uncertain)
- painter Antoine Watteau
- Jean-Baptiste van Mour
- Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
- Sculptor Ernest-Eugène Hiolle
- Drawing artist Charles Eisen
- syndicalist Émile Basly
- Ace Pilot Charles Nungesser
- Sculptor Félix-Alexandre Desruelles
- Fighter pilot Edmond Marin La Meslée
- Advertiser Jean Mineur
- Actor Pierre Richard
- Actor Jean Lefebvre
- Architect Henri Parent
- Violist Maurice Vieux
- Psychologist Léon Dumont
- Statesman Henri Wallon
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