Hautmont
Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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The town hall in Hautmont | |
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Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Intercommunality | Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Wilmotte |
| Area 1 | 12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 14,182 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59291 /59330 |
| Elevation | 123–184 m (404–604 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents.
On August 3, 2008, a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others. The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced nine other tornadoes.
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