Arleux

Arleux is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called Arleusiens.

Situation

Arleux is located in the middle of the Vallée of Judicious the, with crossed of two channels, the channel of North and the Canal of Judicious the.

Communications

The villages contiguous to Arleux are:

A line of Railroad connecting Douai and Cambrai passes by the commune of Arleux.

The river port is located on the channel of North right before the junction of this last with the Canal of Judicious the. Interesting situation because that makes it possible to the flying personnel to quickly go to the big cities of the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Arras, Cambrai, Douai, Valencian…).

History

Arleux included/understood a strong Château, which was taken by the French in 1645.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

----Andre-Jos-Ghislain Glay (born in Arleux in 1789) Doctor of medicine, Librarian of the town of Cambric, initially perpetual secretary then president of the Company 'emulation of the town of Cambric. Member corresponding of the royal Company of the antique dealers of France and several other academies. With writing: - Almanac of health (1806) - Captive (it) of Forestel, news of XIVe century followed by historical notes on the borough of Arleux and other liaux surrounding (1831) - descriptive and reasoned Catalog of the manuscripts of the Cambric library (1830) - Economic situations (nouv.) on the site of the battle field where Jules César demolished the army of Nerviens (1830) - analytical Talk of work of the Company of emulation of the town of Cambric since August 16th, 1823 until the 6 aoû 1824 (1824) - Letters on the legal duels in the north of France (1829) - Note on Hermoniacum, Roman station located between Cambrai and Dribbled. - Note on a monument with Fénelon in the Cambric church-cathedral (1826) - Program of the local Cambric fair preceded by a note on the principal festivals and public ceremonies which took place with Cambrai since XIe century (1827). - etc etc…
  • Camille Corot, painter, rents a farm there during the summer 1871 and painted the landscapes of the surroundings of Arleux.
  • Constantin Pecqueur (1801-1887) socialist economist

Folklore

Giant Grind' Batiche and Henriette the Carrying one Garlic

  • Fair with the garlic, the first weekend of September.

Gallery of photographs

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