Avelin

Avelin

Coat of arms
Avelin

Coordinates: 50°32′26″N 3°04′57″E / 50.5406°N 3.0825°E / 50.5406; 3.0825Coordinates: 50°32′26″N 3°04′57″E / 50.5406°N 3.0825°E / 50.5406; 3.0825
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality Pays de Pévèle
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Claude Sarazin
Area1 13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,531
 • Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59034 / 59710
Elevation 29–58 m (95–190 ft)
(avg. 47 m or 154 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.

Avelin is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Lille.

The village's name is of Germanic origin.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,323—    
1800 1,275−3.6%
1806 1,526+19.7%
1821 1,599+4.8%
1831 1,570−1.8%
1836 1,649+5.0%
1841 1,682+2.0%
1846 1,762+4.8%
1851 1,764+0.1%
1856 1,721−2.4%
1861 1,728+0.4%
1866 1,706−1.3%
1872 1,687−1.1%
1876 1,613−4.4%
1881 1,586−1.7%
1886 1,572−0.9%
1891 1,548−1.5%
1896 1,514−2.2%
1901 1,511−0.2%
1906 1,509−0.1%
1911 1,387−8.1%
1921 1,322−4.7%
1926 1,366+3.3%
1931 1,370+0.3%
1936 1,368−0.1%
1946 1,348−1.5%
1954 1,391+3.2%
1962 1,391+0.0%
1968 1,306−6.1%
1975 1,292−1.1%
1982 1,817+40.6%
1990 2,317+27.5%
1999 2,307−0.4%
2006 2,451+6.2%
2009 2,531+3.3%

Heraldry

 The arms of Avelin are blazoned :
Gules, a chief ermine.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pays de Pévèle
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