Hautmont

Hautmont
Hautmont
Commune
	The town hall in Hautmont
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E / 50.2486°N 3.9253°ECoordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E / 50.2486°N 3.9253°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Wilmotte
Area 1	12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	14,601
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59291 /59330
Elevation	123–184 m (404–604 ft) ; (avg. 132 m or 433 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 16,000 residents.

In August 2008 an EF4 tornado swept through the town, damaging many buildings and resulting in the death of three people.^[2] The tornado also affected Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre.

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Hautmont are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)