Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.ta.mɑ̃.lɛ.z‿o] ; Flemish: Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France on the Scarpe river. The town people are named Amandinois (men), Amandinoise (Women). The composer Robert Lannoy (1915–1979) was born in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Saint-Amand Abbey, formerly Elnon or Elnone Abbey, was located here from its foundation in the 630s by Saint Amand until its dissolution in 1789.