Faches-Thumesnil
Faches-Thumesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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 The town hall in Faches-Thumesnil | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Faches-Thumesnil 
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| Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Faches-Thumesnil |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Nicolas Lebas |
| Area 1 | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 17,835 |
| • Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59220 /59155 |
| Elevation | 30–58 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 | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2006 | 16,356 | — |
| 2007 | 16,680 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 16,658 | −0.1% |
| 2009 | 16,928 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 17,407 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 17,590 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 17,476 | −0.6% |
| 2013 | 17,497 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 17,455 | −0.2% |
| 2015 | 17,381 | −0.4% |
| 2016 | 17,591 | +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
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- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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