Cousolre

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Cousolre

(2021–2026) Albert Jallay^[1]Area

20.98 km² (8.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,169 • Density100/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59157 /59149

Elevation143–229 m (469–751 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cousolre (French pronunciation: [kusɔ(l)ʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

The nearest major city is Charleroi in Belgium (the village is very close to the Belgian border). It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Charleroi and 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Maubeuge.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,004	—
1975	2,894	−0.53%
1982	2,632	−1.35%
1990	2,471	−0.79%
1999	2,362	−0.50%
2007	2,504	+0.73%
2012	2,355	−1.22%
2017	2,270	−0.73%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Cousolre are blazoned :

Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE