Valenciennes (English spelling)

Japanese: バランシエンヌ(英語表記)Valenciennes
Valenciennes (English spelling)
A city in the northern part of the Nord department in northern France. It is located about 45 km southeast of Lille, overlooking the Escaut River (Schert River) which flows into Belgium. An important center of commerce and industry, with coalfields to the east and producing aluminum, steel pipes, motors, etc. Lace production, which has been an important industry since the late 18th century, is still carried on today. There is an art museum with paintings by Rubens and Van Dyck, a library with one of France's largest collections of manuscripts, and many cathedrals. The area was often the site of battles in ancient times, and prospered under the Counts of Hainaut. It eventually became a French territory with the Peace of Nijmegen (1678). Population 39,276 (1990).

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Japanese:
フランス北部,ノール県北部にある都市。リールの南東約 45km,ベルギーへ流れるエスコー川 (スヘルト川) にのぞむ。商工業の重要な中心地で,東に炭田を控え,アルミニウム,鋼管,モータなどを産する。 18世紀末以来重要産業であったレース生産は現在も行われている。ルーベンス,ファン・ダイクの絵を蔵する美術館,フランス有数の写本の収集をもつ図書館,多数の聖堂がある。古来しばしば戦場となったところで,エノー伯のもとで繁栄。ナイメーヘンの和約 (1678) により最終的にフランス領となった。人口3万 9276 (1990) 。

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