Saint-Souplet

Saint-Souplet is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Saint-Souplet
Commune
A general view of Saint-Souplet
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Souplet
Saint-Souplet
Saint-Souplet
Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 3°31′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonLe Cateau-Cambrésis
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Henri Quoniou
Area
1
12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2017)[1]
1,230
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59545 /59360
Elevation101–161 m (331–528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint Souplet-Escaufourt is on the (departmental) route 115. It is part of the canton Cateau-Cambrésis, 6 km from Cateau, 30 km south east of Cambrai and 86 km from Lille.

Located in the south of Cateau-Cambrésis and on the doorstep of Avesnois, Saint-Souplet is surrounded by the nature landscapes of Hainaut : grasslands bordered by 'bocage' hedges and vast expanses of cultivated fields. It extends along the Selle, a tributary river of the Scheldt, which arises in Aisne and winds some 50 kilomètres through Département du Nord.

History

Saint-Souplet owes its name to its patron saint, saint Sulpice le Pieux archbishop of Bourges in the 8th century.

In 1973, it absorbed Escaufourt, located previously in Aisne

Heraldry
Arms of Saint-Souplet
 The arms of Saint-Souplet are blazoned :
D'or à trois croissants de gueules.

These arms are those of D'Anneux, marquis of Wargnies and lords of Saint-Souplet.[2]

Demography
Historical population of Saint-Souplet
Year19621968197519821990199920052006200920102015
Population16461684162214821333131112931289128812901240
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Escaufourt
Center of Escaufourt

The name Escaufourt comes from fours à chaux (chalk oven). in the 12th century, Escaufourt was in the parish of Honnechy. Before the merger with Saint-Souplet un 1973, Escaufourt was an enclave of Aisne within Nord.

Heraldry
Arms of Escaufourt
 The arms of Escaufourt are blazoned :[3]
Gules, 3 chevrons, in chief a label of 4 points Or.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Source: Cambrésis terre d'histoire
  3. Dictionnaire historique du département de l'Aisne Par Maximilien Melleville - Publié par M. Melleville, 1865 - p. 362


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