Petite-Synthe
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Petite-Synthe ({{IPA|fr|pətit sɛ̃t}}; {{langx|vls|Klein-Sinten}}) is a former commune of the Nord département in northern France.
The commune of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer was created in 1877, by its territory being detached from Petite-Synthe. In 1971 the commune of Dunkerque absorbed Petite-Synthe and Rosendaël.{{Cassini-Ehess|36956|Petite-Synthe}} In 1980, a large part of Petite-Synthe was detached from Dunkerque and merged into Grande-Synthe.
Industry
Petite-Synthe was the location of several industrial companies:E. Thelliez: [https://www.persee.fr/doc/rnord_0035-2624_1957_num_39_155_5665 Les industries de l'agglomération dunkerquoise] 1957.
= Decauville =
File:Decauville usines a Petit-Bourg, a Petite-Synthe pres Dunkerque et au Val-Saint-Lambert, ca 1900-1909.jpg and in Val-Saint-Lambert, ca 1900-1909]]
The Decauville factory in Petite-Synthe produced prefabricated narrow gauge railway track and rolling stock from 1903 to 1922. The factory belonged to Etablissements Decauville ainé, a French manufacturer focussing on the production and sales of narrow gauge railway material. The factory was located near the Aciéries de France. The plant produced narrow gauge railway equipment for the colonies. It was sold in 1922 and its activities were taken over by the Decauville factory in Marquette-lez-Lille.Roger Bailly: [https://excerpts.numilog.com/books/9782868490766.pdf Decauville, ce nom qui fit le tour du monde.] Le Éd. Amattéis, Le Mée-sur-Seine, 1989, ISBN 2-86849-076-X (Also available via [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3327098r/f1.image.texteImage Gallica]), p. 54 and 57.Succursales a Petite-Synthe (Nord), 1897.
= Carell & Fouché =
The Carell & Fouché factory in Petite-Synthe was built on a plot of forty hectares, ten of which are built on, along the Bourbourg Canal, adjoining the territory of Grande Synthe. Its location allowed transport by the canal by rail and increasingly by road. It changed its name to Societe des Ateliers des Deux-Synthe, Venot-Pesselin, and Carrel-Fouche-Languepin. The factory had employed up to 400 people before World War II. Business took a turn for the worse with the manufacture of the footbridges at Roissy Airport, the construction of which was delayed, and with the cancellation of the delivery of railway equipment during the Algerian War. The factory closed its doors on 15 April 1971. The other factories in the group were in Le Mans and Aubevoye. The parent company Carel-Fouché-Industries SA
was taken over by the GEC-Alstom Group. It closed permanently in 1989.HISPASEC Petite-Synthe: [http://hispasec.free.fr/?p=economie&sp=3 L’usine Carell ef Fouché de Petite-Synthe.]
Heraldry
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| text=The arms of Petite-Synthe are blazoned :
Argent, a cross moline gules between 4 bells sable.
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Category:Former communes of Nord (French department)
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