Sains-du-Nord

Sains-du-Nord

Coat of arms
Sains-du-Nord

Coordinates: 50°05′40″N 4°00′39″E / 50.0944°N 4.0108°E / 50.0944; 4.0108Coordinates: 50°05′40″N 4°00′39″E / 50.0944°N 4.0108°E / 50.0944; 4.0108
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud
Intercommunality Pays d'Avesnes
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christine Basquin
Area1 16.03 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 3,148
  Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59525 / 59177
Elevation 163–234 m (535–768 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sains-du-Nord is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Sains-du-Nord are blazoned :

Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)

See also

References

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