Abancourt, Nord

Abancourt
Coat of arms
Abancourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Abancourt
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Cambrai-Ouest
Intercommunality	l'Ouest Cambrésis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Laine
Area1	5.67 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	450
• Density	79/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59001 / 59268
Elevation	36–70 m (118–230 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	511	—
1800	380	−25.6%
1806	564	+48.4%
1821	580	+2.8%
1831	657	+13.3%
1836	682	+3.8%
1841	676	−0.9%
1846	673	−0.4%
1851	622	−7.6%
1856	642	+3.2%
1861	606	−5.6%
1866	646	+6.6%
1872	602	−6.8%
1876	610	+1.3%
1881	634	+3.9%
1886	582	−8.2%
1891	588	+1.0%
1896	529	−10.0%
1901	568	+7.4%
1906	678	+19.4%
1911	485	−28.5%
1921	398	−17.9%
1926	431	+8.3%
1931	410	−4.9%
1936	413	+0.7%
1946	392	−5.1%
1954	371	−5.4%
1962	365	−1.6%
1968	344	−5.8%
1975	316	−8.1%
1982	351	+11.1%
1990	413	+17.7%
1999	432	+4.6%
2006	451	+4.4%
2009	450	−0.2%

Heraldry

The arms of Abancourt are blazoned : Azure, a mullet, and in chief a label of 3 points Or. (Abancourt and Fontaine-au-Pire use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file