Allennes-les-Marais

Allennes-les-Marais (French pronunciation: [alɛn le maʁɛ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Allennes-les-Marais
Commune
The church in Allennes-les-Marais
Coat of arms
Location of Allennes-les-Marais
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Coordinates: 50°32′12″N 2°57′06″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Annœullin
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Carine Vandaele[1]
Area 1	5.55 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,549
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59005 /59251
Elevation	18–29 m (59–95 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 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. 1793 547 —     1821 733 +1.05% 1846 870 +0.69% 1872 1,021 +0.62% 1901 1,175 +0.49% 1926 1,145 −0.10% 1946 1,142 −0.01% 1962 1,658 +2.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,837 +1.72% 1975 1,893 +0.43% 1982 2,426 +3.61% 1990 2,773 +1.69% 1999 3,234 +1.72% 2007 3,393 +0.60% 2012 3,357 −0.21% 2017 3,460 +0.61%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Allennes-les-Marais

The arms of Allennes-les-Marais are blazoned : Or, 10 lozenges conjoined gules 3,3,3 and 1.

International relations

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

Allennes-les-Marais is twinned with:

• Białobrzegi, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Nord department