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Feignies
Coat of arms of Feignies
Location of Feignies
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonBavay
IntercommunalityMaubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean Jarosz
Area
1
18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
7,183
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59225 /59750
Elevation130–161 m (427–528 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Feignies is twinned with the English village of Keyworth.

Heraldry

Arms of Feignies
Arms of Feignies
The arms of Feignies are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)



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