Felleries
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | |
| Canton | Fourmies | |
| Community association | Coeur de l'Avesnois | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 9 ′ N , 4 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 160-236 m | |
| surface | 19.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,420 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59740 | |
| INSEE code | 59226 | |
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Felleries is a French commune with 1,420 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Fourmies (until 2015: canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Fleurisiens .
geography
Felleries is about 56 kilometers east of Cambrai on the Belgian border . Felleries is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sars-Poteries in the north, Solre-le-Château in the north and northeast, Clairfayts in the northeast, Sivry-Rance (Belgium) in the east, Eppe-Sauvage in the southeast, Willies in the south and southeast, Liessies and Ramousies in the south, Sémeries in the south and south-west, Flaumont-Waudrechies in the west and south-west and Beugnies in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,656 | 1,651 | 1,880 | 1,882 | 1,621 | 1,387 | 1,483 | 1,554 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Lambert Church (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Felleries )
- Les Bois-Jolis watermill and museum
Saint-Lambert Church
Watermill with museum
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 140-142.
