Vieux-Condé (; nl, Oudkonde) is a

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in the Nord department in northern

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/ref> The village stands on a canalised section of the river

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, adjacent to the northwest of

Condé-sur-l'Escaut Condé-sur-l'Escaut (, literally ''Condé on the Escaut''; pcd, Condé-su-l'Escaut) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the border with Belgium. The population as of 1999 was 10,527. Residents of the area are kno ...

. It is part of the agglomeration (''

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'') of

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

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The name of the village was formerly simply 'Condé', which is a place-name widespread in France, deriving possibly from a

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word for a confluence of rivers. The name is found in the

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for the year 883, reporting that

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sailed up the Scheldt to occupy ''Cundoþ''. It is found as ''Vetus Condatum'' in the 'cartulaire de Vicogne' of 1215 and as ''Vies Condet'' in a work by Jacques de Guise of the 14th centuryPage 420, statistique archéologique du Département du Nord - seconde partie - 1867 - Librairie Quarré et Leleu à Lille, A. Durand, 7 rue Cujas à Paris - archive of

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As the Prince of Condé was a prominent royalist, at the

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the village was renamed 'Vieux-Nord-Libre' until 1810.

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Bleicherode Bleicherode () is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 17 km southwest of Nordhausen. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Obergebra was incorporated by Bleicherode. The ...

in Germany since 1961; also Niederzier in Germany since 1988.

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