Carnières

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Carnières

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Carnières
Coordinates: 50°10′07″N 3°20′51″E / 50.1686°N 3.3475°E / 50.1686; 3.3475Coordinates: 50°10′07″N 3°20′51″E / 50.1686°N 3.3475°E / 50.1686; 3.3475
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Cambrai
Canton Carnières
Intercommunality CaudrésisCatésis
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Marie Tordoit
Area
  Land1 8.13 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Population2 925
  Population2 Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59132 / 59217
Elevation 58–104 m (190–341 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carnières is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is about 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Cambrai.

Heraldry

The arms of Carnières are blazoned :
Gules, a saltire argent.

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