Anhiers

Anhiers
Former coal mine
Coat of arms
Anhiers
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Anhiers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Douai-Nord
Intercommunality	Douaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Achille Delporte
Area1	1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	976
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59007 / 59194
Elevation	17–22 m (56–72 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	231	—
1800	246	+6.5%
1806	299	+21.5%
1821	348	+16.4%
1831	347	−0.3%
1836	385	+11.0%
1841	384	−0.3%
1846	400	+4.2%
1851	421	+5.2%
1856	413	−1.9%
1861	410	−0.7%
1866	465	+13.4%
1872	436	−6.2%
1876	451	+3.4%
1881	418	−7.3%
1886	421	+0.7%
1891	409	−2.9%
1896	428	+4.6%
1901	617	+44.2%
1906	690	+11.8%
1911	733	+6.2%
1921	617	−15.8%
1926	656	+6.3%
1931	669	+2.0%
1936	684	+2.2%
1946	727	+6.3%
1954	908	+24.9%
1962	888	−2.2%
1968	777	−12.5%
1975	754	−3.0%
1982	687	−8.9%
1990	954	+38.9%
1999	986	+3.4%
2006	993	+0.7%
2009	976	−1.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Anhiers are blazoned : Per fess Or and azure, 3 fleurs de lys counterchanged. (Anhiers and Merville use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file