Mouvaux

Mouvaux (French pronunciation: [muvo]; Dutch: Mouvouw) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.^[3]

Mouvaux
Commune
The town hall in Mouvaux
Coat of arms
Location of Mouvaux
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Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 3°08′29″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Durand[1]
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	13,239
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59421 /59420
Elevation	28–57 m (92–187 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 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.
1968	11,247	—
1975	10,724	−0.68%
1982	12,631	+2.37%
1990	13,566	+0.90%
1999	13,177	−0.32%
2007	13,013	−0.16%
2012	13,628	+0.93%
2017	13,151	−0.71%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Mouvaux

The arms of Mouvaux are blazoned : Or, fretty azure.

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Mouvaux is twinned with:^[5]

• Buckingham, England, United Kingdom
• Halle, Belgium
• Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Nord department