Coordinates: 50°18′08″N 3°23′38″E / 50.3022°N 3.3939°E / 50.3022; 3.3939

Douchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Douchy-les-Mines is twinned with

Rudy Mater (born 13 October 1980 in Valenciennes) is a French football defender currently playing for Valenciennes FC in the French Ligue 1.

Nuno Resende is a Portuguese-Belgian singer. Born in Porto, Portugal, he was a member of the group La Teuf, who finished sixth in the competition to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000. He was more successful solo in 2005, representing Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Semi Final with the song "Le grand soir" (The Big Night). Nuno did not make it to the final because his song received 29 points, placing him 22nd from 25 participating countries.

Nuno played in a number of musicals including Belle et la Bête, Roméo et Juliette, and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (in 2003), and tackled the role of Aladdin at the Palais des congrès de Paris in December 2007.

In 2009, he joined the musical Mozart, l'opéra rock and was back up for main character "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart". He was given the opportunity to play Mozart for the first time on April 29th, 2010 for the show premiere in Brussels (Belgium), and once again on May 13th in Lyon (France).