Raismes

Raismes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The flutist Gaston Blanquart (1877–1962) was born in Raismes.

Raismes
The Sabatier mine
Coat of arms
Location of Raismes
Raismes
Raismes
Coordinates: 50°23′23″N 3°29′12″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementValenciennes
CantonSaint-Amand-les-Eaux
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Aymeric Robin
Area
1
33.31 km2 (12.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
12,587
  Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59491 /59590
Elevation17–124 m (56–407 ft)
(avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Raismes is known for hosting the annual rock music festival Raismes Fest.

Notable Residents

gollark: Which is unreasonable of you.
gollark: Which they fixed.
gollark: Wait, why am I even saying "your" bugs?
gollark: You haven't really not hoarded all your other bugs.
gollark: "Planned to" is dubious, considering.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.