Avesnelles

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

Avesnelles
Commune
The town hall in Avesnelles
Coat of arms
Location of Avesnelles
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Coordinates: 50°07′06″N 3°56′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Sébastien Baroche
Area ^1	12.71 km^2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,495
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59035 /59440
Elevation	146–207 m (479–679 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	401	—
1800	356	−11.2%
1806	469	+31.7%
1821	635	+35.4%
1831	671	+5.7%
1836	756	+12.7%
1841	904	+19.6%
1846	986	+9.1%
1851	1,024	+3.9%
1856	1,171	+14.4%
1861	1,333	+13.8%
1866	1,536	+15.2%
1872	1,596	+3.9%
1876	1,894	+18.7%
1881	2,149	+13.5%
1886	2,494	+16.1%
1891	2,354	−5.6%
1896	2,485	+5.6%
1901	2,497	+0.5%
1906	2,518	+0.8%
1911	2,532	+0.6%
1921	2,370	−6.4%
1926	2,554	+7.8%
1931	2,636	+3.2%
1936	2,665	+1.1%
1946	2,341	−12.2%
1954	2,468	+5.4%
1962	2,564	+3.9%
1968	2,849	+11.1%
1975	3,112	+9.2%
1982	3,031	−2.6%
1990	2,639	−12.9%
1999	2,572	−2.5%
2005	2,565	−0.3%
2006	2,555	−0.4%
2009	2,530	−1.0%
2010	2,505	−1.0%
2014	2,499	−0.2%
2015	2,503	+0.2%

Heraldry

Arms of Avesnelles

The arms of Avesnelles are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules (Croÿ); 2&4 Quarterly France and gules, overall an inescutcheon ermine (Brittany); over the whole arms an inescutcheon Gules, 3 roses Or (Arenberg).

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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