Vieux-Condé (; nl, Oudkonde) is a commune in the

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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. It is part of the agglomeration ('' unité urbaine'') of

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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 in Germany since 1961; also

Niederzier Niederzier is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km north of Düren, and 10 km south-east of Jülich. Personalities * Viktor Schroeder (1922-20 ...

in Germany since 1988.

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