Fontaine-au-Bois

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Fontaine-au-Bois
Fontaine-au-Bois coat of arms
Fontaine-au-Bois (France)
Fontaine-au-Bois
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Community association Pays de Mormal
Coordinates 50 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 39 ′  E
height 138-168 m
surface 7.68 km 2
Residents 682 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 89 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59550
INSEE code 59242

Mairie and school house

Fontaine-au-Bois is a municipality with 682 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the French department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe (until 2015 Canton Landrecies ) in the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe . It borders Bousies to the west, Robersart to the north, Locquignol (point of contact) to the northeast, Landrecies to the east, Ors to the south and Forest-en-Cambrésis (point of contact) to the south-west .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2013
Residents 616 602 658 640 658 654 646 690

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 915-917.

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