Hautmont

Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

[3] It is 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents.

On 3 August 2008 a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre[4] damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed.

The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others.

(Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

Arms of Hautmont
Arms of Hautmont