Assevent

Assevent
Commune
A general view of Assevent
Coat of arms
Location of Assevent
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Coordinates: 50°17′19″N 4°00′57″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge
Intercommunality	CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marjorie Mahieux[1]
Area ^1	1.87 km^2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,782
• Density	950/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59021 /59600
Elevation	122–151 m (400–495 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	924	—
1975	1,360	+5.68%
1982	1,599	+2.34%
1990	1,940	+2.45%
1999	1,875	−0.38%
2009	1,715	−0.89%
2014	1,859	+1.63%
2020	1,810	−0.44%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Assevent

The arms of Assevent are blazoned : Argent, a chevron between 3 trefoils sable. (Assevent, Romeries and Saint-Rémy-Chaussée use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE