Allennes-les-Marais

Allennes-les-Marais
Commune
The church in Allennes-les-Marais
Coat of arms
Location of Allennes-les-Marais
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Coordinates: 50°32′12″N 2°57′06″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Annœullin
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Mayor[1]
Area ^1	5.55 km^2 (2.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,567
• Density	640/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59005 /59251
Elevation	18–29 m (59–95 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Allennes-les-Marais (French pronunciation: [al'ɛn le maʁ'ɛ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 547 —     1821 733 +1.05% 1846 870 +0.69% 1872 1,021 +0.62% 1901 1,175 +0.49% 1926 1,145 −0.10% 1946 1,142 −0.01% 1962 1,658 +2.36%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,837 +1.72% 1975 1,893 +0.43% 1982 2,426 +3.61% 1990 2,773 +1.69% 1999 3,234 +1.72% 2007 3,393 +0.60% 2012 3,357 −0.21% 2017 3,460 +0.61%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Allennes-les-Marais

The arms of Allennes-les-Marais are blazoned : Or, 10 lozenges conjoined gules 3,3,3 and 1.

International relations

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

Allennes-les-Marais is twinned with:

• Białobrzegi, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Allennes-les-Marais, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE