Étrœungt
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Étrœungt | |
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 A view within Étrœungt | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Étrœungt  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°03′29″N 3°55′42″E / 50.0581°N 3.9283°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Crimshaw Van Hoet [1] |
Area 1 | 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,255 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59218 /59219 |
| Elevation | 148–217 m (486–712 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Étrœungt (French pronunciation: [e.tʁœ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]The river Helpe Mineure (one of Sambre's affluents) runs through the village.[4] The river is subject to occasional flooding. Étrœungt is bordered by ten other communes, including two from Aisne department: Avesnelles, Boulogne-sur-Helpe, Féron, Floyon, Haut-Lieu, La Flamengrie (Aisne), Larouillies, Rainsars, Rocquigny (Aisne), Sémeries. The nearest train station is (SNCF) Avesnes-sur-Helpe. It is 110 km from Lille (Préfecture du Nord), Brussels and Reims (Marne); 55 km from Valenciennes, Laon, Mons and Charleroi; 22 km from Maubeuge; 10 km from Fourmies and 7 km from Avesnes-sur-Helpe. Highways leading to Étrœungt are the RN2 from Paris to Brussels. Belgium is just 15 km away.
Heraldry
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The arms of Étrœungt are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. [5](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)
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Gallery
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Road -
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Étrœungt Church -
Town Hall -
Memorial to the Algerian War Casualties -
Stadium
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Helpe Mineure (D0130700)".
- ^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered
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