Maresches

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Maresches

Coat of arms
Maresches
Coordinates: 50°17′36″N 3°34′32″E / 50.2933°N 3.5756°E / 50.2933; 3.5756Coordinates: 50°17′36″N 3°34′32″E / 50.2933°N 3.5756°E / 50.2933; 3.5756
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Le Quesnoy-Ouest
Intercommunality Quercitain
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Noël Brichant
Area
 • Land1 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Population2 939
 • Population2 Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59381 / 59990
Elevation 49–106 m (161–348 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Heraldry

The arms of Maresches are blazoned :
Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)

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