Country France Department Nord Intercommunality Porte du Hainaut Area 12.39 km² Local time Friday 1:56 AM | Region Hauts-de-France Canton Bouchain Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 4,282 (1999) Arrondissement Valenciennes | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 82% Humidity | ||
Bouchain is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Map of Bouchain, France
It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain, seat of the early medieval County of Ostrevent, was taken by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, in the 10th century and eventually subsumed into the County of Hainaut.
International relations
It is twinned with Halesworth and Eitorf
References
Bouchain Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA