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DENAIN , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Nord, 8 m . S.W. of See also:Valenciennes by See also:steam See also:tramway . A See also:mere See also:village in the beginning of the 19th See also:century, it rapidly increased from 1850 onwards, and, according to the censusof 1906, possessed 22,845 inhabitants, mainly engaged in the See also:coal mines and See also:iron-smelting See also:works, to which it owes its development . There are also breweries, manufactories of machinery, See also:sugar and See also:glass . A school of See also:commerce and See also:industry is among the institutions . Denain has a See also:port on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Scheldt See also:canal . |
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Influx inhibitants in first half of XX century was, in big part, from East Europe.To this time I'm looking for my French part of family without results.Aunt of my mother emigrated from Poland to Devain.Her daughter Clara Mazurek,born in 1914,married Frenchman named Dubrulle and lived firstly in Devain rue Montesqieu 81.later /1991/ in Valenciennes 10 rue Notre Dame,but...I don't know name of her husband and children. I think,that useful may be Romain Catholoc Church,but from many days can't find address.Your page I examined looking for them. I will be grateful to somebody for help in my trouble-Elizabeth from Poland
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