Abancourt, Nord

Abancourt
Commune
The church in Abancourt
Coat of arms
Location of Abancourt
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Coordinates: 50°14′05″N 3°12′51″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Cambrai
Intercommunality	CA Cambrai
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Laine[1]
Area ^1	5.67 km^2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	450
• Density	79/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Abancourtois, Abancourtoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59001 /59268
Elevation	36–70 m (118–230 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abancourt (French pronunciation: [abɑ̃kuʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 511 —     1800 380 −4.14% 1806 564 +6.80% 1821 580 +0.19% 1831 657 +1.25% 1836 682 +0.75% 1841 676 −0.18% 1846 673 −0.09% 1851 622 −1.56% 1856 642 +0.63% 1861 606 −1.15% 1866 646 +1.29% 1872 602 −1.17% 1876 610 +0.33% 1881 634 +0.77% 1886 582 −1.70% 1891 588 +0.21% 1896 529 −2.09%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 568 +1.43% 1906 678 +3.60% 1911 485 −6.48% 1921 398 −1.96% 1926 431 +1.61% 1931 410 −0.99% 1936 413 +0.15% 1946 392 −0.52% 1954 371 −0.69% 1962 365 −0.20% 1968 344 −0.98% 1975 316 −1.21% 1982 351 +1.51% 1990 413 +2.05% 1999 433 +0.53% 2009 450 +0.39% 2014 457 +0.31% 2020 468 +0.40%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Abancourt

The arms of Abancourt are blazoned : Azure, a mullet, and in chief a label of 3 points Or. (Abancourt and Fontaine-au-Pire use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abancourt, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Aujourd'hui à Abancourt