Douchy-les-Mines

Douchy-les-Mines
Douchy-les-Mines
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Douchy-les-Mines
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Mayor	Michel Lefebvre (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	27–80 m (89–260 ft) (avg. 58 m/190 ft)
Land area1	9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population2	9,900  (2007)
- Density	1,068 /km2 (2,770 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59179/ 59282
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.

Coordinates: 50°18′08″N 3°23′38″E / 50.3022222222°N 3.39388888889°E / 50.3022222222; 3.39388888889

Douchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Douchy-les-Mines are blazoned : Barry argent and azure, 2 sea-bass addorsed Or. (the fish are called bar in French)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

Douchy-les-Mines is twinned with

• Mielec in Poland

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

Notes