Semousies

Semousies

Coat of arms
Semousies

Coordinates: 50°09′52″N 3°57′40″E / 50.164422°N 3.961126°E / 50.164422; 3.961126Coordinates: 50°09′52″N 3°57′40″E / 50.164422°N 3.961126°E / 50.164422; 3.961126
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
Intercommunality Pays d'Avesnes
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gérard Honoré
Area1 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 224
  Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59563 / 59440
Elevation 175–210 m (574–689 ft)
(avg. 193 m or 633 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.

Semousies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[1]

The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.[2]

Heraldry

The arms of Semousies are blazoned :

Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. "INSEE commune file" (in French). Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. "CSemousies Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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