Artres

Artres
Commune

Coat of arms
Artres

Coordinates: 50°17′39″N 3°32′28″E / 50.2942°N 3.5411°E / 50.2942; 3.5411Coordinates: 50°17′39″N 3°32′28″E / 50.2942°N 3.5411°E / 50.2942; 3.5411
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Valenciennes
Canton Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Intercommunality CA Valenciennes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Lerat
Area1 6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,040
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59019 /59269
Elevation 39–96 m (128–315 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 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.
Artres is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A group of grave objects from a Frankish noble lady was found in Artres in the nineteenth century. Known as the Artres Treasure, it is now mostly in the British Museum.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1800 245—    
1806 203−17.1%
1821 259+27.6%
1831 552+113.1%
1836 666+20.7%
1841 711+6.8%
1846 819+15.2%
1851 804−1.8%
1856 899+11.8%
1861 969+7.8%
1866 952−1.8%
1872 1,005+5.6%
1876 1,019+1.4%
1881 1,048+2.8%
1886 1,032−1.5%
1891 1,054+2.1%
1896 1,050−0.4%
1901 1,047−0.3%
1906 1,042−0.5%
1911 973−6.6%
1921 892−8.3%
1926 908+1.8%
1931 950+4.6%
1936 979+3.1%
1946 966−1.3%
1954 999+3.4%
1962 995−0.4%
1968 905−9.0%
1975 853−5.7%
1982 979+14.8%
1990 1,087+11.0%
1999 1,071−1.5%
2006 1,059−1.1%
2009 1,040−1.8%

Heraldry

 The arms of Artres are blazoned :

Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ British Museum Highlights
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