Aniche

Aniche is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called Anichois and Anichoises

Geography

Aniche is located in the middle of the area of Ostrevant. It profits from the proximity of the highways with A2 with Hordain and soon A21 with Somain (ex- N455).

Communes bordering

Auberchicourt, Emerchicourt, Bruille-lez-Marchiennes, Somain and Abscon

Neighborhood big cities

Denain in 11km, Douai with 14km, Valencian with 28km, Cambric with 28km, Lille with 46km and Paris to approximately 200 km.

Transport

Aniche is connected to Douai via line 1 (Aniche-Douai) of Tub of Douaisis, like by line 409 of the network Arc-en-Ciel (Douai-Denain via Aniche).

Aniche will profit, in a few years, of Evéole, the tyred tram of Douaisis, whose startup of the line has (Douai-Guesnain) will be carried out on July 2nd, 2008. While waiting, it will be necessary to make the obligatory swing tram-bus.

As well as the way tram already prepared not far from the Gayant shore in Douai, for the future line D (Douai-Waziers), the axis Masny-Auberchicourt, and later Aniche, should enter soon in phase of work.

History

Leitartikel: History of North

Cartulaire of the Duke Charles de Croÿ

They are topographic paintings at the request of the Duke of Croy

Généralités

With the 4 angles 4 naked characters masculine; those the top of face; those of the bottom of back. In medallion the cartouche and the village

Date: probably 1603
Season: End of summer a field plowed
Cartridge: Anniche
Orientation of the sight: catch of the South

foreground:

Way: on the left with 2 characters

Characters: on a hillock a shepherd with 4 sheep; then 10 sheep between the way and the field plowed

Second plan:

the village in habitat grouped around the church right in edge of the field plowed

7 masonries on the left of church 11 on the right with the roofs 2 sides

the church dominates in the center of the medallion on the left the bell-tower with its arrow and 4 let us fléchons with the angles and louver, on the right the chorus with 4 high bays whose roof is lower than the nave

Another imposing masonry is located on the line

Third plan:

Dominant hill on the line

Cartulaire

Mine of Aniche

1774 Foundation of the Company of the mines of Aniche

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the College Theodore Monod which is the most important college of the Académie of Lille

Personalities related to the commune

Norbert Ségard (1922 - 1981), physicist and politician.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) then young officer in quartering with the barracks of Douai maintained a short connection with Miss Gerbier with Aniche. In spite of its thin balance it rents for one month a room " place marché" vis-a-vis the Saint Martin's day church. It informs Miss Gerbier of her first political ambitions, its sympathies to the Lights and ignites for the project of Mister of Lapérouse in its forwarding around the world. Recalled by its military obligations it gives up Miss Gerbier. In a concise mail of good-bye Bonaparte written " In your town of Aniche leave only the riens. Time, only, will be able to give birth to on your premise from the giants. If these people cease boire."

Pascal Françaix (1971), writer, author of fantastic novels.

Folklore

The KB-Pierre giant, the Drum major and help Forgeron, pays homage to Alexandre Joseph Consil, who was the drum major of the school Saint-Cyr military school at the time of the procession to the July 14th with Paris in 1879.

Twinning

Novy Bor of the area of Bohemia in Tchéquie since 1969. Novy Bor is a town of international repute in the trade of glass products. it fété in 2007 its 250 years.
Bobingen in the area of Bavaria in Germany.

See too

Common of North
Carboniferous of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Giant of North
History of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais

External bonds

Official site of the city
Aniche on the site of the national geographical Institute
Aniche on the site of INSEE
Aniche on the site of Quid
Localization of Aniche on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Aniche on Mapquest
a site on Aniche, its history

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