Semousies

Semousies
Commune
The church in Semousies
Coat of arms
Location of Semousies
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Coordinates: 50°09′52″N 3°57′40″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Beugnies[1]
Area ^1	3.08 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	232
• Density	75/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59563 /59440
Elevation	175–210 m (574–689 ft) (avg. 193 m or 633 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Semousies

The arms of Semousies are blazoned : Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing 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" (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
4. "CSemousies Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved 2 March 2014.