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Valenciennes
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Valenciennes (väläNsyĕn`), city (1990 pop. 39,276), Nord dept., N France, on the Escaut (Scheldt) River. An old-line industry center in a former coal-mining region, its manufactures include railroad rolling stock, motor vehicles, paint, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and precision metalwork. An important place in medieval Hainaut Hainaut (ĕnō`), Du. Henegouwen, province (1991 pop.
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, it became famous (15th cent.) for its lace industry. There is a museum there with works by Rubens and Van Dyck.
Valenciennes
a town in N France, on the River Escaut: a coal-mining and heavy industrial centre. Pop.: 41 278 (1999)


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PAC Car is a collaborative project of ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Office for Energy, the Paul Scherrer Institute, the University of Valenciennes, France and the industrial partners ESORO, RUAG and Tribecraft.
A unanimous choice of the jury, "The Deserter" is a student film from Supinfocom in Valenciennes, France, about isolation and the human condition.
 
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