Hautmont

Hautmont
Commune
The town hall in Hautmont
The town hall in Hautmont
Coat of arms of Hautmont
Coat of arms
Location of Hautmont
Map
Hautmont is located in France
Hautmont
Hautmont
Hautmont is located in Hauts-de-France
Hautmont
Hautmont
Coordinates: 50°14′55″N 3°55′31″E / 50.2486°N 3.9253°E / 50.2486; 3.9253
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonAvesnes-sur-Helpe
IntercommunalityMaubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Wilmotte[1]
Area
1
12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
14,182
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59291 /59330
Elevation123–184 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.

Hautmont (French pronunciation: [omɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 17,870—    
1975 19,175+1.01%
1982 18,461−0.54%
1990 17,475−0.68%
1999 16,029−0.96%
2007 15,015−0.81%
2012 14,115−1.23%
2017 14,574+0.64%
Source: INSEE[6]

Heraldry

Arms of Hautmont
Arms of Hautmont
 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.)



International relations

Hautmont is twinned with Kalisz in Poland (since 1958).[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ North France tornado kills three - BBC News
  5. ^ "European Severe Weather Database". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ "Kalisz Official Website - Twin Towns". (in English and Polish) © 2005-2008 Urząd Miejski Kalisz. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
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