Faches-Thumesnil
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| Coordinates: 50°35′58″N 3°04′28″E / 50.5994°N 3.0744°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Faches-Thumesnil |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Nicolas Lebas |
| Area 1 | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | 15,902 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59220 /59155 |
| Elevation | 30–58 m (98–190 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Faches-Thumesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.
Heraldry
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The arms of Faches-Thumesnil are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants, overall a lion Or, armed and langued gules (derived from Faches); 2&3 Azure, an inescutcheon argent and in chief 3 mullets of 5 Or(Thumesnil). (Faches' original arms were bezanty, not 6 bezants. # reduced in the quartering.)
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Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Neots in Cambridgeshire, England, and with the town of Naousa, Greece.
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