Douchy-les-Mines

Douchy-les-Mines
Commune
Coat of arms
Douchy-les-Mines
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Douchy-les-Mines
Coordinates: 50°18′08″N 3°23′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lefebvre
Area1	9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2007)2	9,900
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59179 /59282
Elevation	27–80 m (89–262 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 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.

Douchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Douchy-les-Mines are blazoned : Barry argent and azure, 2 sea-bass addorsed Or. (the fish are called bar in French)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Twin towns — Sister cities

Douchy-les-Mines is twinned with

• Mielec in Poland

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file