Auchy-lez-Orchies

Auchy-lez-Orchies

Coat of arms
Auchy-lez-Orchies

Coordinates: 50°28′49″N 3°12′24″E / 50.4803°N 3.2067°E / 50.4803; 3.2067Coordinates: 50°28′49″N 3°12′24″E / 50.4803°N 3.2067°E / 50.4803; 3.2067
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Orchies
Intercommunality Espace en Pévèle
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Claude Leroy
Area1 7.79 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,473
  Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59029 / 59310
Elevation 32–52 m (105–171 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 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.

Auchy-lez-Orchies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,076    
1800 1,132+5.2%
1806 1,199+5.9%
1821 1,251+4.3%
1831 1,409+12.6%
1836 1,431+1.6%
1841 1,471+2.8%
1846 1,576+7.1%
1851 1,654+4.9%
1856 1,716+3.7%
1861 1,690−1.5%
1866 1,426−15.6%
1872 1,368−4.1%
1876 1,364−0.3%
1881 1,347−1.2%
1886 1,399+3.9%
1891 1,328−5.1%
1896 1,239−6.7%
1901 1,185−4.4%
1906 1,138−4.0%
1911 1,098−3.5%
1921 1,025−6.6%
1926 1,041+1.6%
1931 1,034−0.7%
1936 1,017−1.6%
1946 1,041+2.4%
1954 988−5.1%
1962 931−5.8%
1968 889−4.5%
1975 887−0.2%
1982 1,038+17.0%
1990 1,142+10.0%
1999 1,155+1.1%
2006 1,368+18.4%
2009 1,473+7.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Auchy-lez-Orchies are blazoned :
Azure, on a bend argent, 3 saltires couped ?raguly? gules.

See also

References

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