Anzin
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Anzin
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason Anzin.svg
|image = Anzin eglise sainte barbe.jpg
|caption = Sainte Barbe
|arrondissement = Valenciennes
|canton = Anzin
|INSEE = 59014
|postal code = 59410
|mayor = Pierre-Michel Bernard{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Valenciennes Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|50.3722|3.505|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 15
|elevation min m = 18
|elevation max m = 95
|area km2 = 3.64
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population demonym = Anzinois, Anzinoise
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Anzin ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃zɛ̃}}; older {{langx|nl|Ansingen}}; {{langx|vls|Ansingn}}) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59014-anzin Commune d'Anzin (59014)], INSEE It lies on the Scheldt, {{convert|2.4|km|mi|frac=2}} northwest of Valenciennes, of which it is a suburb.
History
Anzin was once the centre of important coal mines of the Valenciennes basin belonging to the Anzin Company, the formation of which dates to 1717.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Anzin|volume=2|page=158}} The commune's first coal layer of the area in 1734. The company of the mines of Anzin (Compagnie des mines d'Anzin) was created in 1757. In 1884 these mines were visited by Émile Zola, who based his novel Germinal upon his observations. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the metallurgical industries of the place were extensive, and included iron and copper founding and the manufacture of steam-engines, machinery, chain-cables and a great variety of heavy iron goods. There were also glass-works and breweries.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS (1800-1999){{Cassini-Ehess|2099|Anzin}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59014#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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| 1699| 248
| 1731| 221
| 1793|2982
|1800 |3096
|1806 |3338
|1821 |3863
|1831 |4255
|1836 |4182
|1841 |4191
|1846 |4422
|1851 |5006
|1856 |5855
|1861 |6305
|1866 |7283
|1872 |7990
|1876 |9009
|1881 |10043
|1886 |10656
|1891 |11538
|1896 |12768
|1901 |14444
|1906 |14387
|1911 |14439
|1921 |13790
|1926 |15300
|1931 |16090
|1936 |14804
|1946 |14235
|1954 |15658
|1962 |16275
|1968 |15634
|1975 |14866
|1982 |14602
|1990 |14064
|1999 |14052
|2007 |13843
|2012 |13407
|2017 |13305
}}
Popular culture
Bertrand Tavernier directed his film Ça commence aujourd'hui in Anzin in 1999.
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See also
Twin cities
- {{TUN}}: Masakin
References
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- See Reed G. Geiger, The Anzin Coal Company, 1830–1833. Univ of Delaware Press, 1974.
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{{Nord communes}}
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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