Thiant

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

Thiant
Commune
The church in Thiant
Coat of arms
Location of Thiant
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Coordinates: 50°18′23″N 3°26′57″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Intercommunality	CA Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Marc Wattiez[1]
Area 1	8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,963
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59589 /59224
Elevation	26–72 m (85–236 ft) (avg. 31 m or 102 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	2,925	—
1975	2,699	−1.14%
1982	2,635	−0.34%
1990	2,593	−0.20%
1999	2,568	−0.11%
2007	2,534	−0.17%
2012	2,619	+0.66%
2017	2,917	+2.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Thiant

The arms of Thiant are blazoned : Vert, billetty, a lion argent, armed and langued gules. (Thiant and Aubry-du-Hainaut use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department