Cousolre

Cousolre is a commune with 2374 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Nord, Nord-Pas -de- Calais region. It belongs to the district of Avesnes -sur- helpe, to the canton of Mirecourt and founded in 1993, local government association frontalières Communes du Nord -Est Avesnois.

The community is located near the French-Belgian border in the valley of Thure. Nearest large city and port of call for errands of all kinds is approximately twelve miles north-west and located just under 35,000 inhabitants Maubeuge.

History

The area Cousolres was inhabited at the time of the Roman Empire. The Curtisola called settlement was on a major Roman military road. In the seventh century after Christ Walbert inhabited the IV, Governor of the provinces of the Sambre and Meuse, a castle in the area Cousolres. The canonization of his daughters Aldegunis and Walt Rudis led to the place of Christian pilgrimage cities was. In the late 18th century Cousolre joined briefly as the headquarters of the French troops in appearance.

Until the outbreak of the First World War, the town had a considerable volume of stonemasons. In weddings exported 74 studios their products worldwide.

Attractions

The Cousolres architecture comes in part from the 17th century and is characterized presbyterisch. Worth seeing are the Town Hall Built in 1866, a native of the 1908 bandstand and the recently repaired Place Charles de Gaulle in the city center.

In 1501 and built the church dedicated to St. Martin, there are relics of the saints and the Holy Walberts Bertille. This had already in the seventh century a church ( Notre Dame) built in Cousolre, but the wartime devastation of the Middle Ages did not survive.

Economy

Cousolre itself is nowadays mainly agricultural. In particular, cattle and cheese are among the produced goods. Beyond this, there are still older marble quarries.

Twinning

Since April 13, 1971 Cousolre maintains a twinning with Freienohl, today a district of the town of Meschede.