Aulnoye-Aymeries (; ) is a
commune in the
Nord
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department in northern
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. It was established in 1953 by the merger of the former communes Aulnoye and Aymeries.
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Before the opening of the high-speed rail
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way line between Brussels
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and Paris
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, the railway station of Aulnoye-Aymeries was a major junction, where the lines Paris–Brussels
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History
Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...
and Calais–Lille–Thionville connected.
Population
The population data given in the table and graph below for 1946 and earlier refer to the former commune of Aulnoye.
Twin towns
Aulnoye-Aymeries is twinned with:
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, Germany, since 1961
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Nord (French department)
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