Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes

(2020–2026) Marie Cau^[1]^[2]Area

5.5 km² (2.1 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

528 • Density96/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59596 /59870

Elevation15–20 m (49–66 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (French pronunciation: [tilwa le maʁʃjɛn], literally Tilloy near Marchiennes) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France.^[4] In 2018, it had a population of 516.

History

In March 2020, Marie Cau won a majority of votes in the first round of the mayoral election (with the entire municipal council also being members of her electoral list) on a platform of developing social and environmental policies like sustainable agriculture.^[5]^[6]^[7] Her inauguration was delayed until May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[5]^[7] Her election as the first known openly transgender mayor in France^[1]^[5] garnered international media coverage.^[8]

Heraldry

The arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes 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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marie Cau: First Transgender Mayor Elected in France". BBC. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "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
^ ^a ^b ^c France's first transgender mayor vows to wake up village, 25 May 2020, France 24
^ Nord : Marie Cau, première personne transgenre élue maire en France, 23 May 2020, Le Parisien
^ ^a ^b Clément Martinet, Marie Cau et sa liste « Décider ensemble » entendent réveiller Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, 11 March 2020, La Voix du Nord
^ Patrick Roger, Marie Cau, première maire transgenre : Je suis devenue le symbole d’une normalité possible, 7 June 2020, Le Monde, accessed 8 June 2020.