The town of Le Quesnoy did not experience much change during the Industrial Revolution. Unlike the neighboring … See more

Le Quesnoy is first attested in forms accompanied by the Latinized name of its alleged founder, called Haymon or Aymond: Haymon Quercitum (from the Latin quercus, "oak", a Latin term never imposed in … See more

While not yet a town at the time of Julius Caesar, the region was occupied by the Nerviens. Near the Fauroeulx gate of the town in 1933, Roman pottery was discovered. Under the Merovingian and Carolingian, … See more

• The ramparts, built in the Spanish period and modified by Vauban and his successors until 1914.
• The bastion Verde Hospital siege. The bastion Green is the smallest but the most interesting of bastions of Quesnoy… See more

Le Quesnoy has two of the giant statues of Nord (Géants du Nord), kept on the first floor of the town hall: Pierre Bimberlot, created in 1904, and Giant Maori, created in 2004. On the first Sunday in August, Pierrot Bim… See more

The arms of Le Quesnoy are blazoned "Silver, one oak between two smaller ones, on a green base." In 1918, the municipality wanted to add a New Zealand Silver Fern to the crest (The Times and The Grey River Argus report … See more