Lez-Fontaine

Lez-Fontaine
Lez-Fontaine

Coordinates: 50°10′41″N 4°03′45″E / 50.1781°N 4.0625°E / 50.1781; 4.0625Coordinates: 50°10′41″N 4°03′45″E / 50.1781°N 4.0625°E / 50.1781; 4.0625
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Solre-le-Château
Intercommunality vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Guy Gautier
Area1 4.51 km2 (1.74 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 211
  Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59342 / 59740
Elevation 167–225 m (548–738 ft)
(avg. 179 m or 587 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.

Lez-Fontaine is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Lez-Fontaine are blazoned :

Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. [1](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered
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