Le Quesnoy

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Coordinates: 50°14′59″N 3°38′18″E / 50.24972, 3.6383

Commune of Le Quesnoy The New Zealand monument, commemorating the liberation of Le Quesnoy by New Zealand soldiers on November 4, 1918.
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	2 cantons: Le Quesnoy-Est Le Quesnoy-Ouest
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Quercitain
Mayor	Freddy Dolphin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	82 m–138 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area¹	14.23 km²
Population² (1999)	4,917
- Density	345/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59481/ 59530
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Quesnoy is a commune of the Nord département in northern France. Le Quesnoy's inhabitants are known as Quercitains for men and Quercitaines for women.

[edit] Sister cities

• Villarosa, Italy - since 2006
• Morlanwelz, Belgium
• Dej, Romania
• Cambridge, New Zealand^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand/France Bilateral Relations » War Commemorations. NZ Embassy, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.

[edit] External links

• Webpage about the fortifications
• Villarosani.it - The community of Villarosa Citizens