Sémeries
Sémeries | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sémeries  | |
  Sémeries  Sémeries | |
| Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 4°00′03″E / 50.1203°N 4.0008°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Fourmies |
| Intercommunality | CC Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Laspalas[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 533 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59562 /59440 |
| Elevation | 148–222 m (486–728 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sémeries (French pronunciation: [semʁi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe Majeure in the Avesnois Regional Park in an area called the little Switzerland of the North.
History
[edit]The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the French Revolution.
Heraldry
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The arms of Sémeries are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
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