Hautmont
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
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The town hall in Hautmont | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hautmont | |
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| Coordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Intercommunality | Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Wilmotte[1] |
Area 1 | 12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 14,152 |
| • Density | 1,153/km2 (2,987/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59291 /59330 |
| Elevation | 123–184 m (404–604 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents.
On 3 August 2008 a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre[4] damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others.[5] The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced nine other tornadoes.
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Heraldry
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The arms of Hautmont are blazoned: Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)
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