Feignies

Feignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Feignies
The church in Feignies
Coat of arms
Location of Feignies
Feignies
Feignies
Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 3°55′08″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonAulnoye-Aymeries
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
  Mayor (2016-2020) Patrick Leduc
Area
1
18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
6,881
  Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59225 /59750
Elevation130–161 m (427–528 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Heraldry

Arms of Feignies
The arms of Feignies are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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