Faches-Thumesnil
| Faches-Thumesnil | |
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  Faches-Thumesnil | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Faches-Thumesnil | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E / 50.5994°N 3.0744°ECoordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E / 50.5994°N 3.0744°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Lille-Sud-Est |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Nicolas Lebas |
| Area1 | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 15,902 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59220 / 59155 |
| Elevation |
30–58 m (98–190 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
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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. | |
Faches-Thumesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.
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The arms of Faches-Thumesnil are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants, overall a lion Or, armed and langued gules (derived from Faches); 2&3 Azure, an inescutcheon argent and in chief 3 mullets of 5 Or(Thumesnil). (Faches' original arms were bezanty, not 6 bezants. # reduced in the quartering.) |
Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Neots in Cambridgeshire, England, and with the town of Naousa, Greece.
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