Artres

Artres is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A group of grave objects from a Frankish noble lady was found in Artres in the nineteenth century. Known as the Artres Treasure, it is now mostly in the British Museum.[2]

Artres
Commune
The church in Artres
Coat of arms
Location of Artres
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Coordinates: 50°17′39″N 3°32′28″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Christian Lerat
Area ^1	6.59 km^2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,057
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59019 /59269
Elevation	39–96 m (128–315 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1800	245	—
1806	203	−17.1%
1821	259	+27.6%
1831	552	+113.1%
1836	666	+20.7%
1841	711	+6.8%
1846	819	+15.2%
1851	804	−1.8%
1856	899	+11.8%
1861	969	+7.8%
1866	952	−1.8%
1872	1,005	+5.6%
1876	1,019	+1.4%
1881	1,048	+2.8%
1886	1,032	−1.5%
1891	1,054	+2.1%
1896	1,050	−0.4%
1901	1,047	−0.3%
1906	1,042	−0.5%
1911	973	−6.6%
1921	892	−8.3%
1926	908	+1.8%
1931	950	+4.6%
1936	979	+3.1%
1946	966	−1.3%
1954	999	+3.4%
1962	995	−0.4%
1968	905	−9.0%
1975	853	−5.7%
1982	979	+14.8%
1990	1,087	+11.0%
1999	1,071	−1.5%
2006	1,059	−1.1%
2007	1,057	−0.2%
2009	1,040	−1.6%
2012	1,021	−1.8%
2015	1,049	+2.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Artres

The arms of Artres 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

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. British Museum Highlights