Artres

Artres is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A group of grave objects from a Frankish noble lady was found in Artres in the nineteenth century. Known as the Artres Treasure, it is now mostly in the British Museum.[2]

Artres
The church in Artres
Coat of arms
Location of Artres
Artres
Artres
Coordinates: 50°17′39″N 3°32′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementValenciennes
CantonAulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Christian Lerat
Area
1
6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,057
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59019 /59269
Elevation39–96 m (128–315 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1800 245    
1806 203−17.1%
1821 259+27.6%
1831 552+113.1%
1836 666+20.7%
1841 711+6.8%
1846 819+15.2%
1851 804−1.8%
1856 899+11.8%
1861 969+7.8%
1866 952−1.8%
1872 1,005+5.6%
1876 1,019+1.4%
1881 1,048+2.8%
1886 1,032−1.5%
1891 1,054+2.1%
1896 1,050−0.4%
1901 1,047−0.3%
1906 1,042−0.5%
1911 973−6.6%
1921 892−8.3%
1926 908+1.8%
1931 950+4.6%
1936 979+3.1%
1946 966−1.3%
1954 999+3.4%
1962 995−0.4%
1968 905−9.0%
1975 853−5.7%
1982 979+14.8%
1990 1,087+11.0%
1999 1,071−1.5%
2006 1,059−1.1%
2007 1,057−0.2%
2009 1,040−1.6%
2012 1,021−1.8%
2015 1,049+2.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Artres
The arms of Artres 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

References


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