The Scarpe is a river in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is a left-bank tributary of the river Escaut (Scheldt). It is 94 km (58 mi) long. The source of the river is at Berles-Monchel near Aubigny-en-Artois. It flows through the towns of Arras, Douai and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. The river ends at Mortagne-du-Nord where it flows into the Scheldt. Scarpe Mountain in Alberta, Canada, was named after the river. The navigable waterway and its coal barges also feature in the novels by 19th century author Émile Zola.
Amandus, commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the catholic missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium.
Saint-Amand may refer to:
The French Basketball Federation (FFBB) is the governing body of basketball in France. It was founded in 1932.
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named Amandinois (m), Amandinoise (f).
The arrondissement of Valenciennes is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 82 communes. Its population is 351,260 (2016), and its area is 634.8 km2 (245.1 sq mi).
The Ligue Féminine de Basketball is the top women's French professional basketball league.
The A77 autoroute is a motorway in central France. The road starts at the hamlet of Rosiers in Seine-et-Marne and finishes to the south of Nevers in Nièvre. It is also known as the l'Arbre - the motorway of the Tree.
US Valenciennes Olympic is a former French basketball team based in Valenciennes. It will be replaced by Union Hainaut Basket, because of the merging with Union Saint-Amand Porte du Hainaut (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux).
Alain Bocquet is a French politician.
Saint-Amand Abbey, once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France.
The Inaugural Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships was held in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France from April 10 to 14, 2001. This competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. 78 fighters from 14 European countries competed in 11 weight classes.
Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain.
Éric Bocquet is a French politician and member of the French Communist Party.
Joanna Wołoszyk is a Polish handball player for Saint-Amand Handball and the Polish national team.
Saint-Amand-Villages is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Saint-Amand and Placy-Montaigu.
The canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
The first season of the European television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in 1965. The participant countries of the games were Belgium, France, Italy and West Germany. The winners of this edition were the cities of Ciney and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
Nikoline Lundgreen is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Saint-Amand Handball.
The Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut is an intercommunal structure in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. It was created in January 2014. Its seat is in Wallers. Its largest towns are Denain and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Its area is 371.4 km2. Its population was 158,714 in 2019.
