Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Hauts-de-France or INSA Hauts-de-France is one of the 210 Grande Ecole d’Ingénieurs, an engineering school, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. Situated in Valenciennes, this school is one of the public engineering institutes that make up the INSA's network.

The Battle of Famars was fought on 23 May 1793 during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. An Allied Austrian, Hanoverian, and British army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeated the French Army of the North led by François Joseph Drouot de Lamarche. The battle occurred near the village of Famars in northern France, five km south of Valenciennes.

The canton of Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes.It consists of the following communes:

Famars (French pronunciation: [famaʁs] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (French pronunciation: [o(l)nwa le valɑ̃sjɛn] , literally Aulnoy near Valenciennes; Picard: Auno) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Fontenelle Abbey (French: Abbaye de Fontenelle) was a Cistercian nunnery in Maing, Nord, France, extant from 1212 to 1793.

The arrondissement of Valenciennes is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 82 communes. Its population is 351,260 (2016), and its area is 634.8 km2 (245.1 sq mi).

Stade Nungesser was a multi-use stadium in Valenciennes, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Valenciennes FC through the 2010–11 season. The stadium is able to hold 16,457 people and was built in 1930. It was replaced as VAFC's main ground by the Stade du Hainaut in July 2011. The stadium is named after the ace pilot Charles Nungesser, who was born in Valenciennes.

Trith-Saint-Léger (French pronunciation: [tʁit sɛ̃ leʒe]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Stade du Hainaut is a multi-use stadium in Valenciennes, France. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Valenciennes FC. It has replaced the Stade Nungesser as VAFC's home stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 25,172 spectators for football matches, but its capacity can be extended to 35,000 for concerts. The stadium is one of the venues for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. It hosted 4 group games, a Round of 16 match, and a quarter-final match. The stadium was constructed at a total cost of 75 million euros. It contains 2,600 club seats and 16 luxury boxes. It has two giant video screens, each 48 square meters in size. Its roof contains 1,800 tons of steel.

Maing (French pronunciation: [mɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France.Fontenelle Abbey was located here.

The siege of Valenciennes took place from 28 February to 17 March 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War, when Valenciennes, then in the English Netherlands, was attacked by a French army under the duc de Luxembourg. Over the winter of 1676 to 1677, Valenciennes and Cambrai were subjected to a tight blockade, which prevented reinforcements or supplies reaching them from the outside. French armies also benefitted from superior logistics, which allowed them to begin campaigns far earlier than their opponents. Siege operations began on 28 February, supervised by French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, and the town surrendered on 17 March; Spain formally ceded it to France under the August 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen.