Poix-du-Nord

Poix-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [pwa dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Poix-du-Nord
Commune
Keighley Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Poix-du-Nord
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Coordinates: 50°11′23″N 3°36′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Pays de Mormal
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Mazingue[1]
Area 1	8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,156
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59464 /59218
Elevation	104–151 m (341–495 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 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	2,134	—
1975	2,259	+0.82%
1982	2,277	+0.11%
1990	2,056	−1.27%
1999	2,013	−0.23%
2007	2,023	+0.06%
2012	2,182	+1.52%
2017	2,203	+0.19%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Poix-du-Nord

The arms of Poix-du-Nord are blazoned : Vair, 3 pales gules. (Englefontaine, Louvignies-Quesnoy, Poix-du-Nord and Saint-Waast-la-Vallée use the same arms.)

Town twinning

• Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Nord department