Marbaix

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

Marbaix
Commune
The church in Marbaix
Coat of arms
Location of Marbaix
Marbaix Marbaix
Coordinates: 50°07′44″N 3°50′32″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Damien Ducanchez
Area ^1	6.62 km^2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	482
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59374 /59440
Elevation	132–197 m (433–646 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

Marbaix has historically been attested as Marbasio in 1151. The toponym Marbaix is of Germanic origin, deriving from a High German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *marh. The Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via High German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -bach and Romantic -bais.[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Marbaix

The arms of Marbaix 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

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 148, 151. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

• INSEE commune file