Douai

This article is about the French commune. For the Bible translation, see Douay–Rheims Bible. For other uses, see Douai (disambiguation).

Douai
Doï (Picard)
Subprefecture and commune
View of the city with St. Pierre church in the background
View of the city with St. Pierre church in the background
Coat of arms of Douai
Coat of arms
Location of Douai
Map
Douai is located in France
Douai
Douai
Douai is located in Hauts-de-France
Douai
Douai
Coordinates: 50°22′17″N 3°04′48″E / 50.3714°N 3.08°E / 50.3714; 3.08
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonDouai
IntercommunalityDouaisis Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Chéreau[1]
Area
1
16.88 km2 (6.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
39,648
 • Density2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59178 /59500
Elevation16–38 m (52–125 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Douai (French: [dwɛ] ⓘ; UK: /ˈduːeɪ/;[3] US: /duːˈeɪ/;[3][4] Picard: Doï; Dutch: Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.[5] Located on the river Scarpe some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Lille and 25 km (16 mi) from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive belfries.

History

Its site probably corresponds to that of a 4th-century Roman fortress known as Duacum. From the 10th century, the town was a romance fiefdom of the counts of Flanders. The town became a flourishing textile market centre during the Middle Ages, historically known as Douay or Doway in English. In 1384, the county of Flanders passed into the domains of the Dukes of Burgundy and thence in 1477 into Habsburg possessions.

In 1667, Douai was taken by the troops of Louis XIV of France, and by the 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the town was ceded to France. During successive sieges from 1710 to 1712, Douai was almost completely destroyed by the British Army. By 1713, the town was fully integrated into France. Douai became the seat of the Parliament of Flanders (fr).

The local airfield at La Brayelle was very significant in the history of French aviation. It operated from 1907 to the mid-1950s. In 1909 it was the site of the world's first aeronautical meeting,[6]

Douai was again caught up in hostilities in World War I.[7] when for much of the war it was occupied by the Germans. La Brayelle airfield was a base of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.[8] Later in 1918, the town was partly burned, and was liberated by the British Army after the Battle of Courtrai.

The Douaihy family of Lebanon claims descent from inhabitants of the city who settled in Lebanon during the Crusades.[9]

Geography

Climate

Douai has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Douai is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 729.2 mm (28.71 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.6 °C (65.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.0 °C (39.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Douai was 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.5 °C (−4.9 °F) on 8 January 1985.

Climate data for Douai (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1962−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.0
(59.0) 		19.5
(67.1) 		24.8
(76.6) 		28.0
(82.4) 		31.3
(88.3) 		36.0
(96.8) 		40.8
(105.4) 		36.6
(97.9) 		35.5
(95.9) 		29.0
(84.2) 		20.5
(68.9) 		15.0
(59.0) 		40.8
(105.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.4
(43.5) 		7.4
(45.3) 		11.2
(52.2) 		15.1
(59.2) 		18.5
(65.3) 		21.6
(70.9) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.9
(75.0) 		20.1
(68.2) 		15.2
(59.4) 		10.1
(50.2) 		6.9
(44.4) 		15.0
(59.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.0
(39.2) 		4.5
(40.1) 		7.2
(45.0) 		10.1
(50.2) 		13.5
(56.3) 		16.5
(61.7) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.4
(65.1) 		15.3
(59.5) 		11.5
(52.7) 		7.3
(45.1) 		4.5
(40.1) 		11.0
(51.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1.5
(34.7) 		1.5
(34.7) 		3.3
(37.9) 		5.1
(41.2) 		8.5
(47.3) 		11.4
(52.5) 		13.2
(55.8) 		13.0
(55.4) 		10.4
(50.7) 		7.8
(46.0) 		4.5
(40.1) 		2.1
(35.8) 		6.9
(44.4)
Record low °C (°F) −20.5
(−4.9) 		−12.5
(9.5) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−4.5
(23.9) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		1.0
(33.8) 		4.1
(39.4) 		0.8
(33.4) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		−12.5
(9.5) 		−20.5
(−4.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 57.8
(2.28) 		51.4
(2.02) 		52.5
(2.07) 		41.9
(1.65) 		56.6
(2.23) 		63.3
(2.49) 		68.1
(2.68) 		68.1
(2.68) 		60.9
(2.40) 		64.4
(2.54) 		71.0
(2.80) 		73.2
(2.88) 		729.2
(28.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 11.8 10.6 10.5 9.0 9.7 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.1 11.1 13.1 13.3 125.8
Source: Météo-France[10]

Main sites

Douai's ornate Gothic-style belfry was begun in 1380, on the site of an earlier tower. The 80 m high structure includes an impressive carillon, consisting of 62 bells spanning 5 octaves. The originals, some dating from 1391, were removed in 1917 during World War I by the occupying German forces, who intended to melt them down for the metal. They were reinstalled after repairs in 1924, but 47 of them were replaced in 1954 to obtain a better sound. An additional larger bell in the summit, a La called "Joyeuse", dates from 1471 and weighs 5.5 tonnes. The chimes are rung by a mechanism every quarter-hour, but are also played via a keyboard on Saturday mornings and at certain other times. In 2005 the belfry was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of its architecture and importance in the history of municipal power in France.[11] The belfry forms part of the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) complex.[12]

The substantial Porte de Valenciennes town gate, a reminder of the town's past military importance, was built in 1453. One face is built in Gothic style, while the other is of Classical design.

Economy

Douai's main industries are in the chemical and metal engineering sectors.

Since 1970, Renault has a large automobile assembly line nearby, called Usine Georges Besse after assassinated CEO Georges Besse. It produced vehicles such as the R14, R11, R19, Mégane and Scénic. Following industry changes, it now makes electric cars.

The Gare de Douai railway station is served by regional trains to Lille, Arras, Lens, Amiens, Saint-Quentin and Valenciennes. It connects to the TGV network, with high speed trains to Paris, Lyon, Nantes and other places.[13]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 17,855—    
1800 18,230+0.30%
1806 18,461+0.21%
1821 18,854+0.14%
1831 18,793−0.03%
1836 19,173+0.40%
1841 23,203+3.89%
1846 20,483−2.46%
1851 20,528+0.04%
1856 22,819+2.14%
1861 24,486+1.42%
1866 24,105−0.31%
1872 23,841−0.18%
1876 26,999+3.16%
1881 29,172+1.56%
1886 30,030+0.58%
1891 29,909−0.08%
1896 31,397+0.98%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 33,649+1.40%
1906 33,247−0.24%
1911 36,314+1.78%
1921 34,131−0.62%
1926 38,627+2.51%
1931 41,598+1.49%
1936 42,021+0.20%
1946 37,258−1.20%
1954 43,380+1.92%
1962 47,639+1.18%
1968 49,187+0.53%
1975 45,239−1.19%
1982 42,576−0.86%
1990 42,175−0.12%
1999 42,796+0.16%
2007 42,621−0.05%
2012 41,732−0.42%
2017 39,700−0.99%
Source: EHESS[14] and INSEE (1968–2017)[15]

University

Colleges at University of Douai

The University of Douai was founded under the patronage of Phillip II when Douai belonged to the Spanish Netherlands.

It was prominent, from the 1560s until the French Revolution, as a centre for the education of English Catholics escaping persecution in England. Connected with the University were not only the English College, Douai, founded by William Allen, but also the Irish and Scots Colleges and the Benedictine, Franciscan and Jesuit houses. Throughout Europe, there were around 800 such seminaries. They prepared Jesuits for missionary work in England, with 60 migrating in the 1570s, and around 500 by 1603. The first Jesuits were Edmund Campion and Robert Parsons.

The Benedictine priory of St Gregory the Great was founded by Saint John Roberts at Douai in 1605, with a handful of exiled English Benedictines who had entered various monasteries in Spain, as the first house after the Reformation to begin conventual life. The community was established within the English Benedictine Congregation and started a college for English Catholic boys unable to find a Catholic education at home, and pursued studies at the University of Douai. The community was expelled at the time of the French Revolution in 1793 and, after some years of wandering, finally settled at Downside Abbey, Somerset, in 1814.

Another English Benedictine community, the Priory of St. Edmund, which had been formed in Paris in 1615 by Dom Gabriel Gifford, later Archbishop of Rheims and primate of France, was expelled from Paris during the Revolution, and eventually took over the vacant buildings of the community of St Gregory's in 1818. Later, following Waldeck-Rousseau's Law of Associations (1901), this community also returned to England in 1903, where it was established at Douai Abbey, near Reading. Douai School continued as an educational establishment for boys until 1999.

In 1609 the English College published a translation of the Old Testament, which, together with the New Testament published at Rheims 27 years earlier, was the Douay–Rheims Bible used by Anglophone Roman Catholics almost exclusively for more than 300 years.

For a time there was a Carthusian monastery (charterhouse) in Douai, which is now the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai.

Notable people

Douai was the birthplace of:

Twin towns

Douai is twinned with:

Former twin towns:

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Douai". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Douai". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  5. ^ INSEE commune file
  6. ^ "Concours d'Aviation de Douai". The First Air Races. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. ^ Vimy Ridge Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ O'Connor, Michael (2004). Airfields & Airmen: Arras. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Military. p. 64. ISBN 1-84415-125-5.
  9. ^ Hitti, Philip (1957). Lebanon in History. India: Macmillan and Co Ltd. p. 319.
  10. ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Belfries of Belgium and France". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Douai, l'Hôtel de Ville et le beffroi". Patrimoine Histoire. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  13. ^ Douai at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
  14. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Douai, EHESS (in French).
  15. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  16. ^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  17. ^ Maria Frankowska, Douai zawiesza współpracę z Puławami za strefę anty LGBT. Mer: „Przemoc zaczyna się od słów”[permanent dead link‍] (March 2, 2020), retrieved July 16, 2020 (Polish).
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