Anneux

Anneux
Coat of arms
Location of Anneux
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Marcoing
Intercommunality	Cambrai
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Oblez
Area 1	5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	226
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59010 /59400
Elevation	56–99 m (184–325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Its church is dedicated to Saint Rita, saint of lost causes.

History

Anneux was among the villages fought over at the western end of the Battle of Cambrai (1917).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	320	—
1800	365	+14.1%
1806	413	+13.2%
1821	383	−7.3%
1831	482	+25.8%
1836	496	+2.9%
1841	487	−1.8%
1846	513	+5.3%
1851	453	−11.7%
1856	504	+11.3%
1861	539	+6.9%
1866	524	−2.8%
1872	531	+1.3%
1876	533	+0.4%
1881	478	−10.3%
1886	457	−4.4%
1891	446	−2.4%
1896	428	−4.0%
1901	432	+0.9%
1906	390	−9.7%
1911	400	+2.6%
1921	300	−25.0%
1926	357	+19.0%
1931	323	−9.5%
1936	324	+0.3%
1946	289	−10.8%
1954	275	−4.8%
1962	268	−2.5%
1968	255	−4.9%
1975	259	+1.6%
1982	237	−8.5%
1990	223	−5.9%
1999	226	+1.3%
2006	244	+8.0%
2009	241	−1.2%

Heraldry

Arms of Anneux

The arms of Anneux are blazoned : Or, 3 crescents gules. (Anneux, Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut, Rumilly-en-Cambrésis, Saint-Souplet and Wargnies-le-Petit use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Anneux website (in French)
• Anneux in the Battle of Cambrai