Wandignies-Hamage

Wandignies-Hamage

The Abbey of Hamage

Coat of arms
Wandignies-Hamage

Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 3°18′55″E / 50.4003°N 3.3153°E / 50.4003; 3.3153Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 3°18′55″E / 50.4003°N 3.3153°E / 50.4003; 3.3153
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Marchiennes
Intercommunality Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Erich Frison
Area1 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,123
  Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59637 / 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wandignies-Hamage is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Wandignies-Hamage 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.)

See also

References

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