Marchiennes
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Marchiennes | |
Coordinates: 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°ECoordinates: 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Douai |
Canton | Sin-le-Noble |
Intercommunality | Cœur d'Ostrevent |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Merly[1] |
Area 1 | 21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 4,587 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59375 /59870 |
Elevation | 15–21 m (49–69 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Marchiennes (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was fictionally portrayed in Émile Zola's Germinal.
Heraldry[]
The arms of Marchiennes 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.)
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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- Communes of Nord (French department)
- Nord (French department) geography stubs