Anstaing

Anstaing
Anstaing
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Anstaing
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lannoy
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014])	Roger Willocq
Area1	2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,220
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59013 / 59152
Elevation	23–40 m (75–131 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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.

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

The name is probably of Germanic origin, meaning "village of Anst".

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	310	—
1800	310	+0.0%
1806	404	+30.3%
1821	388	−4.0%
1831	470	+21.1%
1836	461	−1.9%
1841	477	+3.5%
1846	489	+2.5%
1851	496	+1.4%
1856	495	−0.2%
1861	550	+11.1%
1866	560	+1.8%
1872	606	+8.2%
1876	627	+3.5%
1881	650	+3.7%
1886	653	+0.5%
1891	691	+5.8%
1896	709	+2.6%
1901	757	+6.8%
1906	848	+12.0%
1911	849	+0.1%
1921	834	−1.8%
1926	835	+0.1%
1931	842	+0.8%
1936	863	+2.5%
1946	883	+2.3%
1954	904	+2.4%
1962	927	+2.5%
1968	1,007	+8.6%
1975	972	−3.5%
1982	1,058	+8.8%
1990	1,115	+5.4%
1999	1,180	+5.8%
2006	1,195	+1.3%
2009	1,220	+2.1%

Heraldry

The arms of Anstaing are blazoned : Or, a canton gules. (Anstaing and Sainghin-en-Mélantois use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file