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Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028
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Abscon
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Abscon
Coat of arms
Location of Abscon
Abscon is located in France
Abscon
Abscon
Location within France
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Abscon is located in Hauts-de-France
Abscon
Abscon
Location within Hauts-de-France
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Coordinates: 50°20′05″N 3°18′10″E / 50.3347°N 3.3028°E / 50.3347; 3.3028
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementValenciennes
CantonDenain
IntercommunalityPorte du Hainaut
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Kowalczyk[1]
Area
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7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Elevation
59 m (194 ft)
Highest elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Lowest elevation
38 m (125 ft)
Population
 (2023)[2]
4,108
 • Density565/km2 (1,460/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Absconnais, Absconnaises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59002 /59215
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Abscon (French pronunciation: [apskɔ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1800 425—    
1806 502+2.81%
1821 675+1.99%
1831 939+3.36%
1836 997+1.21%
1841 1,221+4.14%
1846 1,344+1.94%
1851 1,464+1.73%
1856 1,630+2.17%
1861 1,608−0.27%
1866 1,650+0.52%
1872 2,280+5.54%
1876 2,745+4.75%
1881 2,996+1.77%
1886 2,948−0.32%
1891 2,810−0.95%
1896 2,919+0.76%
1901 2,912−0.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 3,053+0.95%
1911 3,250+1.26%
1921 3,150−0.31%
1926 4,359+6.71%
1931 4,308−0.24%
1936 4,244−0.30%
1946 4,289+0.11%
1954 4,445+0.45%
1962 4,819+1.01%
1968 4,899+0.27%
1975 4,636−0.79%
1982 4,213−1.36%
1990 3,954−0.79%
1999 4,135+0.50%
2007 4,202+0.20%
2012 4,276+0.35%
2017 4,447+0.79%
2023 4,108−1.31%
Source: EHESS (1800-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Abscon
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

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Abscon, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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