Abscon

Abscon

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Abscon

Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Denain
Intercommunality Porte du Hainaut
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Gilbert Défossé
Area1 7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 4,225
  Density 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59002 / 59215
Elevation 38–64 m (125–210 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Abscon is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1800 425    
1806 502+18.1%
1821 675+34.5%
1831 939+39.1%
1836 997+6.2%
1841 1,221+22.5%
1846 1,344+10.1%
1851 1,464+8.9%
1856 1,630+11.3%
1861 1,608−1.3%
1866 1,650+2.6%
1872 2,280+38.2%
1876 2,745+20.4%
1881 2,996+9.1%
1886 2,948−1.6%
1891 2,810−4.7%
1896 2,919+3.9%
1901 2,912−0.2%
1906 3,053+4.8%
1911 3,250+6.5%
1921 3,150−3.1%
1926 4,359+38.4%
1931 4,308−1.2%
1936 4,244−1.5%
1946 4,289+1.1%
1954 4,445+3.6%
1962 4,819+8.4%
1968 4,899+1.7%
1975 4,636−5.4%
1982 4,213−9.1%
1990 3,954−6.1%
1999 4,136+4.6%
2006 4,152+0.4%
2009 4,225+1.8%

Heraldry

The arms of Abscon are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)

See also

References

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