Marbaix

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Marbaix
Marbaix
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Marbaix
Coordinates: 50°07′44″N 3°50′32″E / 50.1289°N 3.8422°E / 50.1289; 3.8422Coordinates: 50°07′44″N 3°50′32″E / 50.1289°N 3.8422°E / 50.1289; 3.8422
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud
Intercommunality	Deux Helpes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Damien Ducanchez
Area
• Land¹	6.62 km² (2.56 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Population²	426
• Population² Density	64/km² (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59374 / 59440
Elevation	132–197 m (433–646 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 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.

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

Heraldry

	The arms of Marbaix are blazoned : Argent, a stag's massacre gules surmounting a crozier palewise Or. (Marbaix, Maroilles, Noyelles-sur-Sambre, and Salesches use the same arms.)

Communes of the Nord department

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