Semousies

Semousies
Coat of arms
Semousies
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Semousies
Coordinates: 50°09′52″N 3°57′40″E / 50.164422°N 3.961126°ECoordinates: 50°09′52″N 3°57′40″E / 50.164422°N 3.961126°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
Intercommunality	Pays d'Avesnes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Honoré
Area^1	3.08 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	224
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59563 / 59440
Elevation	175–210 m (574–689 ft) (avg. 193 m or 633 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.

Semousies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[1]

The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.^[2]

Heraldry

The arms of Semousies are blazoned : Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "INSEE commune file" (in French). Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "CSemousies Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)