Valenciennes

Valenciennes (French pronunciation: ​[valɑ̃sjɛn]; Old Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord depairtment in northren Fraunce.

It lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river. Although the ceety and region haed seen a steady decline atween 1975 an 1990, it haes syne rebundit. The 1999 census recordit that the population o the commune o Valenciennes wis 41,278, an that o the metropolitan aurie wis 399,677.

Twin touns

• Agrigento, Italy
• Düren, Germany
• Gliwice, Poland
• Medway, Unitit Kinrick
• Moscow, Roushie
• Nacka, Swaden
• Óbuda, Hungary
• Salgótarján, Hungary
• Yichang, Cheenae