Sepmeries

Sepmeries
Commune
The town hall in Sepmeries
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°17′01″N 3°33′53″E / 50.2836°N 3.5647°E / 50.2836; 3.5647Coordinates: 50°17′01″N 3°33′53″E / 50.2836°N 3.5647°E / 50.2836; 3.5647
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-José Cir
Area 1	5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	653
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59565 /59269
Elevation	53–106 m (174–348 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

History[]

During World War I, intense action took place close to Sepmeries, including a dramatic incident described by A. S. Bullock in his posthumously published memoir, in which he narrowly escaped death by making a dash out of a practice trench where he and his comrades were trapped under bombardment.^[2]

Heraldry[]

The arms of Sepmeries are blazoned : Azure, a cross moline between 4 mullets of 6 points argent. (Rombies-et-Marchipont and Sepmeries use the same arms.)

See also[]

• Communes of the Nord department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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