Feignies (French pronunciation: [fɛɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Feignies
The church in Feignies
The church in Feignies
Coat of arms of Feignies
Location of Feignies
Map
Feignies is located in France
Feignies
Feignies
Feignies is located in Hauts-de-France
Feignies
Feignies
Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 3°55′08″E / 50.3031°N 3.9189°E / 50.3031; 3.9189
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonAulnoye-Aymeries
IntercommunalityMaubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Leduc[1]
Area
1
18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,752
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59225 /59750
Elevation130–161 m (427–528 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
Websiteville-feignies.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 6,666—    
1975 7,147+1.00%
1982 6,910−0.48%
1990 7,269+0.64%
1999 7,183−0.13%
2007 7,221+0.07%
2012 7,156−0.18%
2017 6,881−0.78%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry edit

 
Arms of Feignies
The arms of Feignies are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)



See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE