Maubeuge: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 44 - 82 Le Grand Hôtel
 Le Grand Hotel is located 200 metres from Maubeuge’s train station. It offers en suite rooms, a restaurant and free Wi-Fi. Each room is soundproofed… MoreEUR 51 - 70 Shakespeare
 This hotel sits in centre of Maubeuge walled city , in the Nord-Pas-De-Calais region. It provides free parking and spacious en suite rooms, with flat… MoreEUR 75 - 100 La Tour Des Lys
 Set 2 km from Maubeuge, this 3-star hotel features a gourmet restaurant. It offers spacious accommodation with flat-screen TV and a Nespresso coffee m… MoreEUR 65 - 95 Hôtel Ibis Maubeuge
 This Ibis hotel is located in Maubeuge in northern France, 100 meters from Maubeuge Train station. It offers air-conditioned guest rooms, each with a … MoreEUR 65 - 86 Comfort Hotel Maubeuge
 The Maubeuge Comfort Inn Primevère is the perfect spot for a tourist break. Come and discover our area, visiting the Trappist abbeys at Chimay and Bo… MoreEUR 44 - 88 Campanile Maubeuge
 Located close to the centre of Maubeuge, this hotel offers good transport links, comfortable rooms and a number of other facilities.
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Maubeuge: Guide
Maubeuge is a town and Nord, situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), 36 km east of Valenciennes and about 9 km from the Belgium|Belgian border.
History
Maubeuge (ancient Malbodium, from Latin "bad place or dwelling") owes its origin to a double monastery, for men and women, founded in the 7th century by Aldegundis|Saint Aldego, the relics of whom are preserved in the church. It subsequently belonged to the territory of Hainault. It was burnt by Louis XI of France, by Francis I of France, and by Henry II of France, and was finally assigned to France by the Treaty of Nijmegen.
It was fortified at Vauban by the command of Louis XIV of France, who under Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne|Turenne first saw military service there. Siege|Besieged in 1793 by Prince Josias of Coburg, it was relieved by the Battle of Wattignies (1793)|victory of Wattignies, which is commemorated by a monument in the town. It was unsuccessfully besieged in 1814, but was compelled to capitulate, after a vigorous resistance, in the Hundred Days.
Economy
There are important foundries, forges and blast furnaces, together with manufactures of machine tools and porcelain. It is united by electric tramway with Hautmont, also an important metallurgical center.
Miscellaneous
As a fortress Maubeuge has an old enceinte of bastion trace which serves as the center of an important entrenched camp of 18 miles perimeter, constructed for the most part after the war of 1870, but since modernized and augmented.
The town has a board of trade arbitration, a communal college, a commercial and industrial school.
See also
Siege of Maubeuge (August 24 – September 7, 1914)
References
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