Avelin

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Avelin

(2020–2026) José Roucou^[1]Area

13.76 km² (5.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,600 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59034 /59710

Elevation29–58 m (95–190 ft)
(avg. 47 m or 154 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avelin (French pronunciation: [avlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Lille.

The village's name is of Germanic origin.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,323	—
1821	1,599	+0.68%
1846	1,762	+0.39%
1872	1,687	−0.17%
1901	1,511	−0.38%
1926	1,366	−0.40%
1946	1,348	−0.07%
1962	1,391	+0.20%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,306	−1.05%
1975	1,292	−0.15%
1982	1,817	+4.99%
1990	2,317	+3.09%
1999	2,304	−0.06%
2007	2,475	+0.90%
2012	2,590	+0.91%
2017	2,690	+0.76%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

Heraldry

The arms of Avelin are blazoned :
Gules, a chief ermine.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Pays de Pévèle". Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avelin, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE