Taisnières-en-Thiérache

Taisnières-en-Thiérache

Coat of arms
Taisnières-en-Thiérache

Coordinates: 50°08′48″N 3°48′51″E / 50.1467°N 3.8142°E / 50.1467; 3.8142Coordinates: 50°08′48″N 3°48′51″E / 50.1467°N 3.8142°E / 50.1467; 3.8142
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
Intercommunality Deux Helpes
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Claude Connart
Area1 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 497
  Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59583 / 59550
Elevation 131–191 m (430–627 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 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.

Taisnières-en-Thiérache is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Taisnières-en-Thiérache are blazoned :
Per bend sinister vert and azure, on a bend sinister wavy argent between a bell tranfixed by a crozier and in base 2 wheels Or, the letters P,D and V gules.

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