Everything about Maubeuge totally explained
Maubeuge is a town and
commune of northern
France, in the
département of
Nord, situated on both banks of the
Sambre (here canalized), 36 km east of
Valenciennes and about 9 km from the
Belgian border.
History
Maubeuge (ancient
Malbodium, from
Latin, derived from the
Old Frankish name
Malboden, meaning "assizes of Boden") owes its origin to
Maubeuge Abbey, a double
monastery, for men and women, founded in the
7th century by
Saint Aldego, the
relics of whom are preserved in the
church. It subsequently belonged to the territory of
Hainaut. It was burnt by
Louis XI of France, by
Francis I of France, and by
Henry II of France, and was finally assigned to France by the
Treaty of Nijmegen.
It was fortified at
Vauban by the command of
Louis XIV of France, who under
Turenne first saw
military service there.
Besieged in
1793 by
Prince Josias of Coburg, it was relieved by the
victory of Wattignies, which is commemorated by a
monument in the town. It was unsuccessfully besieged in
1814, but was compelled to capitulate, after a vigorous resistance, in the
Hundred Days.
Economy
There are important
foundries,
forges and
blast furnaces, together with manufactures of
machine tools and
porcelain. It is united by electric
tramway with Hautmont, also an important
metallurgical center.
Miscellaneous
As a
fortress Maubeuge has an old enceinte of bastion trace which serves as the center of an important entrenched camp of 18 miles perimeter, constructed for the most part after the war of
1870, but since modernized and augmented.
The town has a board of trade
arbitration, a communal
college, a commercial and industrial
school.
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