Cousolre

Cousolre (French pronunciation: [kusɔ(l)ʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Cousolre
Commune
A view within Cousolre
Coat of arms
Location of Cousolre
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Coordinates: 50°14′47″N 4°09′00″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Intercommunality	CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Albert Jallay[1]
Area 1	20.98 km2 (8.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,160
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59157 /59149
Elevation	143–229 m (469–751 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The nearest major city is Charleroi in Belgium (the village is very close to the Belgian border). It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Charleroi and 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Maubeuge.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,004	—
1975	2,894	−0.53%
1982	2,632	−1.35%
1990	2,471	−0.79%
1999	2,362	−0.50%
2007	2,504	+0.73%
2012	2,355	−1.22%
2017	2,270	−0.73%
2021	2,169	−1.13%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Cousolre

The arms of Cousolre are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department