Thun-l'Évêque

Thun-l'Évêque
Thun-l'Évêque

Coordinates: 50°13′38″N 3°17′20″E / 50.2272°N 3.2889°E / 50.2272; 3.2889Coordinates: 50°13′38″N 3°17′20″E / 50.2272°N 3.2889°E / 50.2272; 3.2889
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Cambrai
Canton Cambrai-Est
Intercommunality Sensescaut
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jacques Denoyelle
Area1 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 537
  Density 94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59593 / 59141
Elevation 36–76 m (118–249 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 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.

Thun-l'Évêque is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Thun-l'Évêque are blazoned :

Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)

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