Assevent

Assevent

Coat of arms
Assevent

Coordinates: 50°17′19″N 4°00′57″E / 50.2886°N 4.0158°ECoordinates: 50°17′19″N 4°00′57″E / 50.2886°N 4.0158°E
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Maubeuge-Nord
Intercommunality Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Lo Giaco
Area1 1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,715
 • Density 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59021 / 59600
Elevation 122–151 m (400–495 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 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.

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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 121—    
1800 84−30.6%
1806 93+10.7%
1821 142+52.7%
1831 132−7.0%
1836 138+4.5%
1841 128−7.2%
1846 148+15.6%
1851 152+2.7%
1856 153+0.7%
1861 157+2.6%
1866 168+7.0%
1872 158−6.0%
1876 168+6.3%
1881 172+2.4%
1886 195+13.4%
1891 192−1.5%
1896 306+59.4%
1901 384+25.5%
1906 401+4.4%
1911 462+15.2%
1921 415−10.2%
1926 472+13.7%
1931 445−5.7%
1936 434−2.5%
1946 418−3.7%
1954 528+26.3%
1962 708+34.1%
1968 924+30.5%
1975 1,360+47.2%
1982 1,599+17.6%
1990 1,940+21.3%
1999 1,874−3.4%
2006 1,756−6.3%
2009 1,715−2.3%

Heraldry

 The arms of Assevent are blazoned :

Argent, a chevron between 3 trefoils sable. (Assevent, Romeries and Saint-Rémy-Chaussée use the same arms.)

See also

References

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