Fenain

Fenain
Commune
The church in Fenain
Coat of arms
Location of Fenain
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Coordinates: 50°21′59″N 3°18′05″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arlette Dupilet[1]
Area ^1	5.78 km^2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,529
• Density	960/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59227 /59179
Elevation	16–47 m (52–154 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,462	—
1975	6,270	+1.99%
1982	5,755	−1.22%
1990	5,639	−0.25%
1999	5,365	−0.55%
2007	5,350	−0.03%
2012	5,337	−0.05%
2017	5,385	+0.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Fenain

The arms of Fenain are blazoned : Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)

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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE