Marchiennes
Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was fictionally portrayed in Émile Zola's Germinal.
Marchiennes | |
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 The town hall in Marchiennes | |
_Nord-France.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Marchiennes 
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  Marchiennes  Marchiennes | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Douai |
| Canton | Sin-le-Noble |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Cœur d'Ostrevent |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Claude Merly |
| Area 1 | 21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 4,590 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59375 /59870 |
| Elevation | 15–21 m (49–69 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Heraldry
Arms of Marchiennes |
The arms of Marchiennes 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.) |
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