Faches-Thumesnil (French pronunciation: [faʃ tymenil]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 16,801 | — |
| 1975 | 18,645 | +1.50% |
| 1982 | 16,931 | −1.37% |
| 1990 | 15,774 | −0.88% |
| 1999 | 15,902 | +0.09% |
| 2007 | 16,680 | +0.60% |
| 2012 | 17,476 | +0.94% |
| 2017 | 17,835 | +0.41% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Faches-Thumesnil are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants, overall a lion Or, armed and langued gules (derived from Faches); 2&3 Azure, an inescutcheon argent and in chief 3 mullets of 5 Or(Thumesnil). (Faches' original arms were bezanty, not 6 bezants. # reduced in the quartering.)
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Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Neots in Cambridgeshire, England, and with the town of Naousa, Greece.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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