Jeumont

Coat of arms

Jeumont

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Jeumont

Coordinates: 50°17′43″N 4°06′07″E / 50.2953°N 4.1019°ECoordinates: 50°17′43″N 4°06′07″E / 50.2953°N 4.1019°E

Country

Maubeuge

Maubeuge Val de Sambre

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Benjamin Saint-Huile

Area¹

10.21 km² (3.94 sq mi)

Population (2012)²

9,788

• Density

960/km² (2,500/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

59324 / 59460

Elevation

122–201 m (400–659 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jeumont is a commune lying on the Belgian border, located in the Nord department in northern France.

The name of Jeumont is associated with several companies making heavy electrical equipment for wind turbines, nuclear reactors and naval propulsion. They have their origins in the Atelier de Construction Electrique du Nord et de l’Est (ACENE), which became part of the EMPAIN group under the name Forges et Ateliers de Construction Electriques de Jeumont (FACEJ) in 1921, merged with Schneider Westinghouse in 1964 and in 1993 Jeumont Industrie became part of the Framatome group. Framatome became Areva, which in 2007 sold the generators and motors division of Jeumont SA to Altawest as Jeumont ELECTRIC. Areva retained the nuclear and wind turbine divisions, which were renamed JSPM.

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