Feignies

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Feignies

(2020–2026) Patrick Leduc^[1]Area

18.8 km² (7.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,752 • Density360/km² (930/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59225 /59750

Elevation130–161 m (427–528 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)Websiteville-feignies.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Feignies (French pronunciation: [fɛɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,666	—
1975	7,147	+1.00%
1982	6,910	−0.48%
1990	7,269	+0.64%
1999	7,183	−0.13%
2007	7,221	+0.07%
2012	7,156	−0.18%
2017	6,881	−0.78%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Feignies are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout 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
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE