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Semousies
Coat of arms of Semousies
Location of Semousies
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonAvesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
IntercommunalityPays d'Avesnes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Honoré
Area
1
3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
224
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59563 /59440
Elevation175–210 m (574–689 ft)
(avg. 193 m or 633 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Semousies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[1]

The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Semousies
Arms of Semousies
The arms of Semousies are blazoned :

Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ "INSEE commune file" (in French). Retrieved March 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "CSemousies Churchyard". CWGC. Retrieved March 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)