Choisies

Choisies

Coat of arms
Choisies

Coordinates: 50°12′53″N 4°02′34″E / 50.2147°N 4.0428°E / 50.2147; 4.0428Coordinates: 50°12′53″N 4°02′34″E / 50.2147°N 4.0428°E / 50.2147; 4.0428
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Solre-le-Château
Intercommunality vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre Gravez
Area1 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 71
  Density 28/km2 (73/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59147 / 59740
Elevation 144–202 m (472–663 ft)
(avg. 148 m or 486 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Choisies is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Choisies are blazoned :
Ermine, on an inescutcheon sable semy of billets, a lion Or, armed and langued gules.

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