Eccles, Nord

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Eccles
Eccles is located in France
Eccles
Eccles
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Eccles is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Eccles
Eccles
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Solre-le-Château
Intercommunality Vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Claude Ansiaux
Area1 3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 111
 • Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59186 / 59740
Elevation 170–223 m (558–732 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 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.

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

It is about 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Maubeuge.

Heraldry

Arms of Eccles
The arms of Eccles are blazoned :

Argent, 3 lions gules, armed, langued and crowned Or. (Eccles, Nord and Villers-Sire-Nicole use the same arms.)



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