Moncheaux

Moncheaux
Moncheaux

Coordinates: 50°27′12″N 3°04′49″E / 50.4534°N 3.0803°E / 50.4534; 3.0803Coordinates: 50°27′12″N 3°04′49″E / 50.4534°N 3.0803°E / 50.4534; 3.0803
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality Pays de Pévèle
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Jeannette Willocq
Area1 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,315
  Density 260/km2 (690/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59408 / 59283
Elevation 37–76 m (121–249 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 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.

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

Heraldry

The arms of Moncheaux are blazoned :
Vert, the name 'Monceaux' bendwise between 2 bendlets Or, and in (sinister) chief an inescutcheon gironny of 12 Or and azure charged with another inecutcheon gules.
Note: it does say Monceaux not Moncheaux.

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References

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