Saint-Souplet

Saint-Souplet
Saint-Souplet
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Saint-Souplet
Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 3°31′53″E / 50.0553°N 3.5314°ECoordinates: 50°03′19″N 3°31′53″E / 50.0553°N 3.5314°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Quoniou
Area^1	12.66 km^2 (4.89 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	1,288
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59545 / 59360
Elevation	101–161 m (331–528 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.

Saint-Souplet is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Geography

Saint Souplet-Escaufourt is on the (departmental) route 115. It is part of the canton Cateau-Cambrésis, 6 km from Cateau, 30 km south east of Cambrai and 86 km from Lille.

Located in the south of Cateau-Cambrésis and on the doorstep of Avesnois, Saint-Souplet is surrounded by the nature landscapes of Hainaut : grasslands bordered by 'bocage' hedges and vast expanses of cultivated fields. It extends along the Selle, a tributary river of the Scheldt, which arises in Aisne and winds some 50 kilomètres through Département du Nord.

History

Saint-Souplet owes its name to its patron saint, saint Sulpice le Pieux archbishop of Bourges in the 8th century.

In 1973, it absorbed Escaufourt, located previously in Aisne

Heraldry

The arms of Saint-Souplet are blazoned : D'or à trois croissants de gueules. These arms are those of D'Anneux, marquis of Wargnies and lords of Saint-Souplet.[1]

Demography

Historical population of Saint-Souplet

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1 646	1 684	1 622	1 482	1 333	1 311	1 289
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Escaufourt

Center of Escaufourt

The name Escaufourt comes from fours à chaux (chalk oven). in the 12th century, Escaufourt was in the parish of Honnechy. Before the merger with Saint-Souplet un 1973, Escaufourt was an enclave of Aisne within Nord.

Heraldry

The arms of Escaufourt are blazoned :[2] Gules, 3 chevrons, in chief a label of 4 points Or.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Source: Cambrésis terre d'histoire
2. Dictionnaire historique du département de l'Aisne Par Maximilien Melleville - Publié par M. Melleville, 1865 - p. 362