Sémeries
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
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Sémeries (French pronunciation: [semʁi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
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The church in Sémeries | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sémeries | |
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| Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 4°00′03″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Fourmies |
| Intercommunality | CC Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Laspalas[1] |
Area 1 | 13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 520 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59562 /59440 |
| Elevation | 148–222 m (486–728 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe Majeure in the Avesnois Regional Park in an area called the little Switzerland of the North.
History
The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the French Revolution.
Heraldry
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The arms of Sémeries are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)
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