Feignies
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Feignies (French pronunciation: [fɛɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
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The church in Feignies | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Feignies | |
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| Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 3°55′08″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Aulnoye-Aymeries |
| Intercommunality | Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Leduc[1] |
Area 1 | 18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 6,703 |
| • Density | 357/km2 (923/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59225 /59750 |
| Elevation | 130–161 m (427–528 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft) |
| Website | ville-feignies |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 6,666 | — |
| 1975 | 7,147 | +1.00% |
| 1982 | 6,910 | −0.48% |
| 1990 | 7,269 | +0.64% |
| 1999 | 7,183 | −0.13% |
| 2007 | 7,221 | +0.07% |
| 2012 | 7,156 | −0.18% |
| 2017 | 6,881 | −0.78% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sport
The commune has a football team Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC, who play at Complexe Sportif Didier Eloy.[5]
Heraldry
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The arms of Feignies are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)
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