Abscon

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Abscon
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Abscon
Coat of arms
Location of Abscon
Abscon is located in France
Abscon
Abscon
Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementValenciennes
CantonDenain
IntercommunalityPorte du Hainaut
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Patrick Kowalczyk
Area
1
7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
4,376
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Absconnais, Absconnaises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59002 /59215
Elevation38–64 m (125–210 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abscon is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1800 425—    
1806 502+2.81%
1821 675+1.99%
1831 939+3.36%
1836 997+1.21%
1841 1,221+4.14%
1846 1,344+1.94%
1851 1,464+1.73%
1856 1,630+2.17%
1861 1,608−0.27%
1866 1,650+0.52%
1872 2,280+5.54%
1876 2,745+4.75%
1881 2,996+1.77%
1886 2,948−0.32%
1891 2,810−0.95%
1896 2,919+0.76%
1901 2,912−0.05%
1906 3,053+0.95%
1911 3,250+1.26%
1921 3,150−0.31%
1926 4,359+6.71%
1931 4,308−0.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1936 4,244−0.30%
1946 4,289+0.11%
1954 4,445+0.45%
1962 4,819+1.01%
1968 4,899+0.27%
1975 4,636−0.79%
1982 4,213−1.36%
1990 3,954−0.79%
1999 4,135+0.50%
2005 4,161+0.10%
2006 4,152−0.22%
2007 4,202+1.20%
2008 4,221+0.45%
2009 4,225+0.09%
2010 4,228+0.07%
2011 4,244+0.38%
2012 4,276+0.75%
2013 4,315+0.91%
2014 4,370+1.27%
2015 4,426+1.28%
2016 4,440+0.32%
2017 4,447+0.16%
2018 4,376−1.60%
Source: EHESS (1800-2006)[2] and INSEE[3]

Politics[]

Presidential Elections Second Round:[4]

Election Winning Candidate Party %
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 62.57
2012 François Hollande PS 62.79
2007 Ségolène Royal PS 54.37
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 77.60

Heraldry[]

Arms of Abscon
 The arms of Abscon are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)



See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abscon, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/
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