Fenain

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Fenain

(2020–2026) Arlette Dupilet^[1]Area

5.78 km² (2.23 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,529 • Density960/km² (2,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59227 /59179

Elevation16–47 m (52–154 ft)
(avg. 21 m or 69 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,462	—
1975	6,270	+1.99%
1982	5,755	−1.22%
1990	5,639	−0.25%
1999	5,365	−0.55%
2007	5,350	−0.03%
2012	5,337	−0.05%
2017	5,385	+0.18%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Fenain are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE