Fenain

Fenain
The church in Fenain
Location of Fenain
Fenain
Fenain
Coordinates: 50°21′59″N 3°18′05″E / 50.3664°N 3.3014°E / 50.3664; 3.3014
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonSin-le-Noble
IntercommunalityCœur d'Ostrevent
Government
 • Mayor (2025–2026) Fabien Bouriez[1]
Area
1
5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
5,533
 • Density960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59227 /59179
Elevation16–47 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.

Fenain (French pronunciation: [fənɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,462—    
1975 6,270+1.99%
1982 5,755−1.22%
1990 5,639−0.25%
1999 5,365−0.55%
2007 5,350−0.03%
2012 5,337−0.05%
2017 5,385+0.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Fenain are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, , Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE