Haussy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Haussy

(2020–2026) Jean-Marc Boucly^[1]Area

16.22 km² (6.26 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,492 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59289 /59294

Elevation50–109 m (164–358 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Valenciennes.

History

During World War I the Germans occupied Haussy. Their brutal treatment of the native French inhabitants is recorded by Private A S Bullock in his memoir, but among his mementoes Bullock also kept a postcard he found on the floor of the village school on 23 October 1918, referring to more peaceful times, including 'Eugenie's first communion'.^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Haussy are blazoned :

Or, a lion gules. (Pont-l'Abbé, Escarmain and Haussy (see also Râches) use the same arms.)

Notable people

Pierre Mauroy (French: [pjɛʁ moʁwa]; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. He arrived in Haussy in 1936. He is eight. His father, Henri, is named director of the School for Boys and the family moves in the housing of the school group Louis-Pasteur dating from 1929.^[5]

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
^ Bullock, A. S., Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, History Press, 2009, page 80
^ Derbyshire, Ian (1987). Politics In France: From Giscard To Mitterrand. Edinburgh: Chambers. ISBN 0550207449.