Saint-Souplet

Saint-Souplet
Saint-Souplet
Commune
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	Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 3°31′53″E / 50.0553°N 3.5314°ECoordinates: 50°03′19″N 3°31′53″E / 50.0553°N 3.5314°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Quoniou
Area 1	12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,228
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59545 /59360
Elevation	101–161 m (331–528 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Souplet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ suplɛ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Geography[]

Saint Souplet-Escaufourt is on the (departmental) route 115. It is part of the Canton of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 6 km from Cateau, 30 km south east of Cambrai and 86 km from Lille.

Located in the south of Cateau-Cambrésis and on the doorstep of Avesnois, Saint-Souplet is surrounded by the nature landscapes of : grasslands bordered by 'bocage' hedges and vast expanses of cultivated fields. It extends along the , a tributary river of the Scheldt, which arises in Aisne and winds some 50 kilomètres through Département du Nord.

History[]

Saint-Souplet owes its name to its patron saint, archbishop of Bourges in the 8th century.

In 1973, it absorbed Escaufourt, located previously in Aisne

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Saint-Souplet are blazoned : D'or à trois croissants de gueules. These arms are those of D'Anneux, marquis of Wargnies and lords of Saint-Souplet.^[2]

Demography[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,684	—
1975	1,622	−0.53%
1982	1,482	−1.28%
1990	1,333	−1.32%
1999	1,311	−0.18%
2007	1,284	−0.26%
2012	1,292	+0.12%
2017	1,230	−0.98%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Escaufourt[]

Center of Escaufourt

The name Escaufourt comes from fours à chaux (chalk oven). in the 12th century, Escaufourt was in the parish of Honnechy. Before the merger with Saint-Souplet un 1973, Escaufourt was an enclave of Aisne within Nord.