Mouvaux

Mouvaux
Mouvaux

Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 3°08′29″E / 50.7039°N 3.1414°E / 50.7039; 3.1414Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 3°08′29″E / 50.7039°N 3.1414°E / 50.7039; 3.1414
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Tourcoing-Sud
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Éric Durand
Area1 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 13,177
  Density 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59421 / 59420
Elevation 28–57 m (92–187 ft)
(avg. 53 m or 174 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.

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

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Heraldry

The arms of Mouvaux are blazoned :
Or, fretty azure.

Twinning

It is twinned with Buckingham, England. and

* Germany Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany

See also

References

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