Salesches

Salesches

Coat of arms
Salesches

Coordinates: 50°12′14″N 3°35′18″E / 50.2039°N 3.5883°E / 50.2039; 3.5883Coordinates: 50°12′14″N 3°35′18″E / 50.2039°N 3.5883°E / 50.2039; 3.5883
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Le Quesnoy-Est
Intercommunality Quercitain
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Yves Marchand
Area1 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 315
  Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59549 / 59218
Elevation 85–138 m (279–453 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 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.

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

Heraldry

The arms of Salesches are blazoned :

Argent, a stag's massacre gules surmounting a crozier palewise Or. (Marbaix, Maroilles, Noyelles-sur-Sambre, and Salesches use the same arms.)

See also

References

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