Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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 damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others. The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced nine other tornadoes.
Distance between:
Paris to Hautmont119 Miles / 192 Kms Marseille to Hautmont487 Miles / 784 Kms
Population: 14182 inhabitants
Code of the commune:
59291 Postal Code:
59330
50.246997,3.91708