Avesnes-les-Aubert

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Avesnes-les-Aubert

(2020–2026) Alexandre Basquin^[1]Area

9.01 km² (3.48 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,606 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59037 /59129

Elevation53–96 m (174–315 ft)
(avg. 41 m or 135 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avesnes-les-Aubert (French pronunciation: [avɛn le.z‿obɛʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,047	—
1821	2,444	+0.64%
1846	2,893	+0.68%
1872	3,682	+0.93%
1901	4,905	+0.99%
1926	4,631	−0.23%
1946	4,165	−0.53%
1962	4,426	+0.38%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,355	−0.27%
1975	4,256	−0.33%
1982	4,031	−0.77%
1990	3,848	−0.58%
1999	3,592	−0.76%
2007	3,720	+0.44%
2012	3,598	−0.66%
2017	3,640	+0.23%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Avesnes-les-Aubert are blazoned :

Gules, 3 lions argent crowned Or. (Avesnes-les-Aubert, Éclaibes and Inchy use the same arms.)

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
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avesnes-les-Aubert, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE