Fenain

Fenain

Coat of arms
Fenain

Coordinates: 50°21′59″N 3°18′05″E / 50.3664°N 3.3014°E / 50.3664; 3.3014Coordinates: 50°21′59″N 3°18′05″E / 50.3664°N 3.3014°E / 50.3664; 3.3014
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Marchiennes
Intercommunality Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danielle Bray
Area1 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 5,365
  Density 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59227 / 59179
Elevation 16–47 m (52–154 ft)
(avg. 21 m or 69 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.

Fenain is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Fenain 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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References

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