Dechy
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Dechy | |
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.jpg) The church in Dechy | |
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 Location of Dechy | |
  Dechy  Dechy | |
| Coordinates: 50°21′11″N 3°07′44″E / 50.353°N 3.129°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Douai |
| Canton | Aniche |
| Intercommunality | Douaisis Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Szatny[1] |
Area 1 | 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,338 |
| • Density | 576/km2 (1,490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59170 /59187 |
| Elevation | 18–46 m (59–151 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Dechy (French pronunciation: [dəʃi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
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Toponymy
The town has been named, Diptiacum in 899, (Cartulary of Saint-Amand, Miroeus), Diptiacum in 906, Diciacum in 1097, Diptiacum in 1107, Dichis in 1181 (Chronique Gislebert), Dici in 1205[6]
It probably comes from an old *Deppiacum, based of the gallic name Deppios[7] followed from the suffix -acum[8] (from the gallic -acon) of location and property, with the global meaning « property, farm of Deppios ». The suffix -(i)acum has generally finished as -y in the North (-ecque in the previous dutch speaking area and -eke in flemish), the plural form, appeared later -iacas to -ies.
History
Middle Age
The archeological statistics of the Nord departement of 1867 indicate:[9]
- Since 7th century, Dechy containing maybe Férin belonged to the Saint-Amand Abbay. The count of Ostrevent had advocatus that was explaining Dechy and Férin of Hainaut county, although near of Douai.
- A hospital was already existing in 1218, the patient care were made by the sisters of the Abbaye of Beaulieu in Sin-le-Noble[10]
- In 1205, the abbe Jean gives to his vassals of Dechy and Férin a penal law copied of the one in Douai.
