Hergnies

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Hergnies
Hergnies coat of arms
Hergnies (France)
Hergnies
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Marly
Community association Valenciennes Métropole
Coordinates 50 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  E
height 14-39 m
surface 10.75 km 2
Residents 4,437 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 413 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59199
INSEE code 59301
Website http://www.hergnies.fr/

Hergnies town hall

Hergnies is a French municipality with 4437 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Hergnies belongs to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and the canton of Marly (until 2015: canton of Condé-sur-l'Escaut ). The inhabitants are called Hergnisiens .

geography

Hergnies

Hergnies is on the edge of the Regional Nature Park Scarpe-Schelde (French: Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut ) on the canalized Scheldt and on the border with Belgium . Hergnies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Péruwelz-Wiers (Belgium) in the north, Vieux-Condé in the east, Odomez in the south, Bruille-Saint-Amand in the west and south-west and Flines-lès-Mortagne in the north-west.

Residents

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE)
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 3,522 3,568 3,389 3,300 3,696 3,849 4,182 4,305

Attractions

  • Saint-Amand church

Personalities

Trivia

Hergnies is also the name of a breed of chicken from the region around Hergnies.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 577-578.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hergnies on the Insee website

Web links

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