Marchiennes
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Marchiennes (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It was fictionally portrayed in Émile Zola's Germinal.
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The town hall in Marchiennes | |
_Nord-France.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Marchiennes | |
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| Coordinates: 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Douai |
| Canton | Sin-le-Noble |
| Intercommunality | Cœur d'Ostrevent |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Laurent Martinez[1] |
Area 1 | 21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,507 |
| • Density | 210.2/km2 (544.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59375 /59870 |
| Elevation | 15–21 m (49–69 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. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,375 | — |
| 1975 | 3,267 | −0.46% |
| 1982 | 3,564 | +1.25% |
| 1990 | 4,164 | +1.96% |
| 1999 | 4,641 | +1.21% |
| 2007 | 4,706 | +0.17% |
| 2012 | 4,697 | −0.04% |
| 2017 | 4,590 | −0.46% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of 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.)
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