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Denain
DenainLocation within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
DenainAdministration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Nord Arrondissement Valenciennes Canton Denain Intercommunality Porte du Hainaut Statistics Elevation 26–115 m (85–377 ft)
(avg. 33 m/108 ft)Land area1 11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi) Population2 20,100 (2007) - Density 1,745 /km2 (4,520 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 59172/ 59220 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°19′46″N 3°23′45″E / 50.3294444444°N 3.39583333333°E
Denain is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Former mayor Patrick Roy was also a deputy and became famous for the support to the heavy-metal music he expressed at the National Assembly on various occasions.
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Heraldry
The arms of Denain are blazoned :
Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms)It is the largest of 39 communes which comprise the association of communes of Porte du Hainaut, with a total population of 147,989, as of 1999. Denain had a population of 20,360, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi).
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References
External links
- Official website (in French)
Categories:- Communes of Nord
- Nord geography stubs
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