Quarouble

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Quarouble

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Delannoy^[1]Area

12.27 km² (4.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,131 • Density260/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59479 /59243

Elevation16–51 m (52–167 ft)
(avg. 26 m or 85 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Heraldry

The arms of Quarouble are blazoned :
Azure, a saltire between 4 mascles argent.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,420	—
1975	3,404	−0.07%
1982	3,365	−0.16%
1990	3,277	−0.33%
1999	3,303	+0.09%
2007	3,180	−0.47%
2012	3,058	−0.78%
2017	2,992	−0.44%
Source: INSEE^[4]

1954 incident

An alien encounter was reported in the commune in 1954; see Marius Dewilde. Calcinated rock was reportedly found at the site of the incident and some witnesses reported experiencing missing time.^[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
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Strieber, Whitley (2008) [1987]. "Six: A Structure in the Air - Science, History, and Secret Knowledge". Communion (Paperback). HarperCollins. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-06-147418-7.