Mouvaux
Mouvaux | |
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The town hall in Mouvaux | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Mouvaux | |
Mouvaux Mouvaux | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 3°08′29″E / 50.7039°N 3.1414°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Lille-2 |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Durand[1] |
Area 1 | 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 13,239 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Mouvaux (French pronunciation: [muv'o]; Dutch: Mouvouw) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 11,247 | — |
| 1975 | 10,724 | −0.68% |
| 1982 | 12,631 | +2.37% |
| 1990 | 13,566 | +0.90% |
| 1999 | 13,177 | −0.32% |
| 2007 | 13,013 | −0.16% |
| 2012 | 13,628 | +0.93% |
| 2017 | 13,151 | −0.71% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
| The arms of Mouvaux are blazoned : Or, fretty azure.
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Twin towns – sister cities
- Buckingham, England, United Kingdom
- Halle, Belgium
- Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Villes jumelles" (in French). Mouvaux. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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