Auby

Auby is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the centre of Douai.

Auby
Commune
The town hall in Auby
Coat of arms
Location of Auby
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Coordinates: 50°24′57″N 3°03′18″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Douaisis Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Charles[1]
Area 1	7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,171
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59028 /59950
Elevation	18–32 m (59–105 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a centre of zinc production and home to a plant owned by Nyrstar.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 709 —     1800 762 +1.04% 1806 886 +2.54% 1821 887 +0.01% 1831 968 +0.88% 1836 953 −0.31% 1841 980 +0.56% 1846 1,020 +0.80% 1851 1,092 +1.37% 1856 1,092 +0.00% 1861 1,177 +1.51% 1866 1,253 +1.26% 1872 1,385 +1.68% 1876 2,049 +10.29% 1881 2,410 +3.30% 1886 2,277 −1.13% 1891 2,364 +0.75% 1896 2,685 +2.58%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,048 +2.57% 1906 3,445 +2.48% 1911 4,462 +5.31% 1921 4,745 +0.62% 1926 6,930 +7.87% 1931 7,506 +1.61% 1936 7,165 −0.93% 1946 7,227 +0.09% 1954 8,579 +2.17% 1962 9,007 +0.61% 1968 9,090 +0.15% 1975 8,954 −0.22% 1982 8,630 −0.53% 1990 8,442 −0.27% 1999 7,958 −0.65% 2007 7,708 −0.40% 2012 7,417 −0.77% 2017 7,274 −0.39%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Auby

The arms of Auby are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an eagle sable, beaked and membered gules; 2&3: quarterly Or and sable.

International relations

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

Auby is twinned with Czeladź in Poland.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department