Preux-au-Bois

Preux-au-Bois is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Preux-au-Bois
Commune
Saint-Martin church
Coat of arms
Location of Preux-au-Bois
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Coordinates: 50°09′51″N 3°39′29″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Mormal
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jacques Ruffin
Area ^1	3.99 km^2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	844
• Density	210/km^2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59472 /59288
Elevation	139–160 m (456–525 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry

Arms of Preux-au-Bois

The arms of Preux-au-Bois are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, a fess sable; 2&3: Or, a cross moline sable. (Bellaing, Oisy and Preux-au-Bois use the same arms.)

Points of interest

• Arboretum de l'Étang David
• There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery just outside of the village with graves from World War I and World War II.[2]
• Statue of Louise Thuliez, a French resistance fighter during both World Wars. It was erected in 1970.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

External links

• INSEE commune file

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Preux-au-Bois Communal Cemetery". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
3. Anderson, John; Pluk, Victor (2015). Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: Accounts of British Soldiers and their Protectors in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 51. ISBN 9781473874084.