Sémeries

Sémeries
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Community association	Coeur de l'Avesnois
Coordinates	50 ° 7 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E
height	148-222 m
surface	13.46 km 2
Residents	546 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59440
INSEE code	59562

Sémeries is a French municipality with 546 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 Sémerisiens .

geography

Sémeries is about 54 kilometers east of Cambrai near the Belgian border . Sémeries is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Felleries in the north, Ramousies in the east and northeast, Sains-du-Nord in the east and southeast, Rainsars in the south and southeast, Étrœungt in the south and southwest, Avesnelles in the west and southwest and Flaumont-Waudrechies in the west and Northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	572	542	542	529	579	540	519	543
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sémeries

• Saint-Rémi church from 1617, renovations from the 19th century, monument historique since 1948

Saint-Rémi church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 162-164.

Web links

Commons : Sémeries  - collection of images, videos and audio files