Petite-Forêt

Petite-Forêt (French pronunciation: [pətit fɔʁɛ], literally Little Forest) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Petite-Forêt
Commune
The road into Petite-Forêt
Location of Petite-Forêt
Petite-Forêt Show map of France Petite-Forêt Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°22′19″N 3°28′32″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Intercommunality	CA Valenciennes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Gombert[1]
Area 1	4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,058
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59459 /59494
Elevation	26–55 m (85–180 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 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	2,946	—
1975	3,422	+2.16%
1982	3,757	+1.34%
1990	5,293	+4.38%
1999	5,251	−0.09%
2007	4,928	−0.79%
2012	4,892	−0.15%
2017	4,877	−0.06%
2020	5,080	+1.37%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department