Abscon

Abscon (French pronunciation: [apskɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Abscon
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Abscon
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Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Kowalczyk[1]
Area 1	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,160
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Absconnais, Absconnaises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59002 /59215
Elevation	38–64 m (125–210 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 425 —     1806 502 +2.81% 1821 675 +1.99% 1831 939 +3.36% 1836 997 +1.21% 1841 1,221 +4.14% 1846 1,344 +1.94% 1851 1,464 +1.73% 1856 1,630 +2.17% 1861 1,608 −0.27% 1866 1,650 +0.52% 1872 2,280 +5.54% 1876 2,745 +4.75% 1881 2,996 +1.77% 1886 2,948 −0.32% 1891 2,810 −0.95% 1896 2,919 +0.76% 1901 2,912 −0.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 3,053 +0.95% 1911 3,250 +1.26% 1921 3,150 −0.31% 1926 4,359 +6.71% 1931 4,308 −0.24% 1936 4,244 −0.30% 1946 4,289 +0.11% 1954 4,445 +0.45% 1962 4,819 +1.01% 1968 4,899 +0.27% 1975 4,636 −0.79% 1982 4,213 −1.36% 1990 3,954 −0.79% 1999 4,135 +0.50% 2009 4,225 +0.22% 2014 4,370 +0.68% 2020 4,241 −0.50%
Source: EHESS (1800-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Abscon

The arms of Abscon are blazoned : Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department