Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Hautmont | |
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The town hall in Hautmont | |
Coordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E / 50.2486°N 3.9253°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
Intercommunality | Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Wilmotte[1] |
Area 1 | 12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 14,182 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59291 /59330 |
Elevation | 123–184 m (404–604 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
It is 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents.
On August 3, 2008, a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre[4] damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others.[5] The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced nine other tornadoes.
Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 17,870 | — |
1975 | 19,175 | +1.01% |
1982 | 18,461 | −0.54% |
1990 | 17,475 | −0.68% |
1999 | 16,029 | −0.96% |
2007 | 15,015 | −0.81% |
2012 | 14,115 | −1.23% |
2017 | 14,574 | +0.64% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
Heraldry
edit![]() | The arms of Hautmont are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.) |
International relations
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ North France tornado kills three - BBC News
- ^ "European Severe Weather Database". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Kalisz Official Website - Twin Towns".
(in English and Polish) © 2005-2008 Urząd Miejski Kalisz. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
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