Feignies

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

Feignies
Commune
The church in Feignies
Coat of arms
Location of Feignies
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Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 3°55′08″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Aulnoye-Aymeries
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Leduc[1]
Area 1	18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,727
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59225 /59750
Elevation	130–161 m (427–528 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
Website	ville-feignies.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,666	—
1975	7,147	+1.00%
1982	6,910	−0.48%
1990	7,269	+0.64%
1999	7,183	−0.13%
2007	7,221	+0.07%
2012	7,156	−0.18%
2017	6,881	−0.78%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sport

The commune has a football team Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC, who play at Complexe Sportif Didier Eloy.^[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Feignies

The arms of Feignies are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department
• Fort de Leveau