Prisches

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Prisches

Prisches
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Prisches
Coordinates: 50°04′51″N 3°46′03″E / 50.0808°N 3.7675°E / 50.0808; 3.7675Coordinates: 50°04′51″N 3°46′03″E / 50.0808°N 3.7675°E / 50.0808; 3.7675
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Landrecies
Intercommunality	Deux Helpes
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Fovez
Area
• Land¹	23.11 km² (8.92 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Population²	959
• Population² Density	41/km² (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59474 / 59550
Elevation	153–202 m (502–663 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.

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

Heraldry

	The arms of Prisches are blazoned : Azure, a fess Or. (Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre, Borre, Morbecque, Prisches, Cazilhac and Aubière use the same arms.)

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Communes of the Nord department

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