Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Commune
	The town hall
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°25′43″N 3°19′10″E / 50.4286°N 3.3194°ECoordinates: 50°25′43″N 3°19′10″E / 50.4286°N 3.3194°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Cau
Area 1	5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	516
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59596 /59870
Elevation	15–20 m (49–66 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.

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

History[]

Marie Cau in 2020.

In March 2020, Marie Cau won a majority of votes in the first round of the mayoral election (with the entire municipal council also being members of her electoral list) on a platform of developing social and environmental policies like sustainable agriculture.^[3]^[4]^[5] Her inauguration was delayed until May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[3]^[5] Her election as the first known openly transgender mayor in France^[1]^[3] garnered international media coverage.^[6]

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Tilloy-lez-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.)