Avelin

Avelin
Coat of arms
Avelin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Avelin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality	Pays de Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Sarazin
Area1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,531
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59034 / 59710
Elevation	29–58 m (95–190 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 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.

Avelin is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Lille.

The village's name is of Germanic origin.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,323	—
1800	1,275	−3.6%
1806	1,526	+19.7%
1821	1,599	+4.8%
1831	1,570	−1.8%
1836	1,649	+5.0%
1841	1,682	+2.0%
1846	1,762	+4.8%
1851	1,764	+0.1%
1856	1,721	−2.4%
1861	1,728	+0.4%
1866	1,706	−1.3%
1872	1,687	−1.1%
1876	1,613	−4.4%
1881	1,586	−1.7%
1886	1,572	−0.9%
1891	1,548	−1.5%
1896	1,514	−2.2%
1901	1,511	−0.2%
1906	1,509	−0.1%
1911	1,387	−8.1%
1921	1,322	−4.7%
1926	1,366	+3.3%
1931	1,370	+0.3%
1936	1,368	−0.1%
1946	1,348	−1.5%
1954	1,391	+3.2%
1962	1,391	+0.0%
1968	1,306	−6.1%
1975	1,292	−1.1%
1982	1,817	+40.6%
1990	2,317	+27.5%
1999	2,307	−0.4%
2006	2,451	+6.2%
2009	2,531	+3.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Avelin are blazoned : Gules, a chief ermine.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file