Abscon

Abscon
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Abscon
Abscon Abscon
Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Patrick Kowalczyk
Area 1	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,203
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Absconnais, Absconnaises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59002 /59215
Elevation	38–64 m (125–210 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2005	4,161	—
2006	4,152	−0.2%
2007	4,202	+1.2%
2008	4,221	+0.5%
2009	4,225	+0.1%
2010	4,228	+0.1%
2011	4,244	+0.4%
2012	4,276	+0.8%
2013	4,315	+0.9%
2014	4,370	+1.3%
2015	4,426	+1.3%
2016	4,440	+0.3%
2017	4,447	+0.2%

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	2017	Marine Le Pen	FN	62.57
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	2012	François Hollande	PS	62.79
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	54.37
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	77.60

Heraldry

Arms of Abscon

The arms of Abscon 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

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file