Avesnes-le-Sec

Avesnes-le-Sec
Coat of arms
Avesnes-le-Sec
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Avesnes-le-Sec
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Bouchain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Michel Tison
Area1	10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,353
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59038 / 59296
Elevation	48–77 m (157–253 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 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.

Avesnes-le-Sec is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	972	—
1806	1,259	+29.5%
1821	1,516	+20.4%
1831	1,607	+6.0%
1836	1,567	−2.5%
1841	1,617	+3.2%
1846	1,687	+4.3%
1851	1,611	−4.5%
1856	1,690	+4.9%
1861	1,728	+2.2%
1866	1,631	−5.6%
1872	1,641	+0.6%
1876	1,734	+5.7%
1881	1,785	+2.9%
1886	1,838	+3.0%
1891	1,842	+0.2%
1896	1,851	+0.5%
1901	1,840	−0.6%
1906	1,875	+1.9%
1911	1,888	+0.7%
1921	1,456	−22.9%
1926	1,593	+9.4%
1931	1,580	−0.8%
1936	1,540	−2.5%
1946	1,509	−2.0%
1954	1,645	+9.0%
1962	1,663	+1.1%
1968	1,618	−2.7%
1975	1,584	−2.1%
1982	1,486	−6.2%
1990	1,389	−6.5%
1999	1,282	−7.7%
2006	1,335	+4.1%
2009	1,353	+1.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Avesnes-le-Sec are blazoned : Vert, a chevron between 3 mullets argent.

See also

• Chemin de Fer du Cambrésis
• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file