Faches-Thumesnil | |
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![]() The town hall in Faches-Thumesnil | |
Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E / 50.5994°N 3.0744°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Lille |
Canton | Faches-Thumesnil |
Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Proisy[1] |
Area 1 | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 18,110 |
• Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59220 /59155 |
Elevation | 30–58 m (98–190 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Faches-Thumesnil (French pronunciation: [faʃ tymenil]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 16,801 | — |
1975 | 18,645 | +1.50% |
1982 | 16,931 | −1.37% |
1990 | 15,774 | −0.88% |
1999 | 15,902 | +0.09% |
2007 | 16,680 | +0.60% |
2012 | 17,476 | +0.94% |
2017 | 17,835 | +0.41% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Heraldry
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The arms of Faches-Thumesnil are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants, overall a lion Or, armed and langued gules (derived from Faches); 2&3 Azure, an inescutcheon argent and in chief 3 mullets of 5 Or(Thumesnil). (Faches' original arms were bezanty, not 6 bezants. # reduced in the quartering.)
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Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Neots in Cambridgeshire, England, and with the town of Naousa, Greece.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE