Conde sur lEscaut

Conde-sur-l'Escaut is a collective of the Nord division in northern France. It lies on the fringe with Belgium. The populace starting at 1999 was 10,527. Inhabitants of the zone are known as Condeens or Condeennes. The Mayor of Conde-sur-l'Escaut is Gregory Lelong. Conde-sur-l'Escaut is 12 km upper east of Valenciennes, 51 km from Lille, and 90 km from Brussels, Belgium. It is arranged at the juncture of the Haine and Scheldt streams.

The district is noted for its coal mineshafts, assets which made it a vital goal in both world wars. Conde-sur-l'Escaut is referred to in music history as the home, spot of retirement, and internment spot of Renaissance author Josquin des Prez. He was executive of the congregation of Notre-Dame, which had a standout amongst the most extravagant melodic foundations in Hainaut, surpassed just by the basilica at Cambrai, just as St. Vincent at Soignies. The town was involved by the Germans amid the Second World War, who utilized the populace to run the neighboring coal mineshafts. On 2 September 1944 the town was freed by the U.S. 5th Armored Division. Coal mining wound up outdated in 1989; as of late there has been a populace decay, following a high 13,994 in 1975.