Feignies

Feignies
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Feignies
Feignies Feignies
Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 3°55′08″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Aulnoye-Aymeries
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2016-2020)	Patrick Leduc
Area 1	18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	7,006
• Density	370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59225 /59750
Elevation	130–161 m (427–528 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Feignies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Heraldry

The arms of Feignies are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department
• Fort de Leveau

References

• INSEE commune file