Avesnelles

Avesnelles
Coat of arms
Avesnelles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Avesnelles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud
Intercommunality	Pays d'Avesnes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Breucq
Area1	12.71 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,530
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59035 / 59440
Elevation	146–207 m (479–679 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	401	—
1800	356	−11.2%
1806	469	+31.7%
1821	635	+35.4%
1831	671	+5.7%
1836	756	+12.7%
1841	904	+19.6%
1846	986	+9.1%
1851	1,024	+3.9%
1856	1,171	+14.4%
1861	1,333	+13.8%
1866	1,536	+15.2%
1872	1,596	+3.9%
1876	1,894	+18.7%
1881	2,149	+13.5%
1886	2,494	+16.1%
1891	2,354	−5.6%
1896	2,485	+5.6%
1901	2,497	+0.5%
1906	2,518	+0.8%
1911	2,532	+0.6%
1921	2,370	−6.4%
1926	2,554	+7.8%
1931	2,636	+3.2%
1936	2,665	+1.1%
1946	2,341	−12.2%
1954	2,468	+5.4%
1962	2,564	+3.9%
1968	2,849	+11.1%
1975	3,112	+9.2%
1982	3,031	−2.6%
1990	2,639	−12.9%
1999	2,572	−2.5%
2006	2,555	−0.7%
2009	2,530	−1.0%

Heraldry

The arms of Avesnelles are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules (Croÿ); 2&4 Quarterly France and gules, overall an inescutcheon ermine (Brittany); over the whole arms an inescutcheon Gules, 3 roses Or (Arenberg).

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file