Faches-Thumesnil

Faches-Thumesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Faches-Thumesnil
The town hall in Faches-Thumesnil
Coat of arms
Location of Faches-Thumesnil
Faches-Thumesnil
Faches-Thumesnil
Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonFaches-Thumesnil
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Patrick Proisy
Area
1
4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
17,835
  Density3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59220 /59155
Elevation30–58 m (98–190 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 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 a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
200616,356    
200716,680+2.0%
200816,658−0.1%
200916,928+1.6%
201017,407+2.8%
201117,590+1.1%
201217,476−0.6%
201317,497+0.1%
201417,455−0.2%
201517,381−0.4%
201617,591+1.2%

Heraldry

Arms of Faches-Thumesnil
The arms of Faches-Thumesnil are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants, overall a lion Or, armed and langued gules (derived from Faches); 2&3 Azure, an inescutcheon argent and in chief 3 mullets of 5 Or(Thumesnil). (Faches' original arms were bezanty, not 6 bezants. # reduced in the quartering.)

Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Neots in Cambridgeshire, England, and with the town of Naousa, Greece.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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