Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃ lez‿o]; former Dutch: Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France.

Saint Amand has an industrial belt, casino, shopping centre, thermal baths, and several springs.

On fifth level, the Hucbald 's statue which was a poet and musician, and we can see dragons symbolizing the evil spirit tamed by Saint Amand The clock with roller and the carillon have been constructed in 1640, but the ancient abbey had many bells, too, of which the friar d'Elnon and Giselberg deplore, in a poem, the loss of 17 bells in a fire in 1066.

The carillon rung the bell at half past eleven to twelve o'clock, from February 18, 1802 ( 15 pluviose, fifth year ) each day to warn the workers that lunch approaches.

Named priory too, because it was touched the prior's rooms, built in 1632 during the Flemish Renaissance, was the primary entrance of the abbey.

The bell, named bancloque[7] was called the people so that they hear the magistrate's speeches than he was screamed on his balcony at the top of the front door.

Arms of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Arms of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint Amand les Eaux, l'échevinage de l'abbaye