Poix-du-Nord

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Poix-du-Nord

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Mazingue^[1]Area

8.67 km² (3.35 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,185 • Density250/km² (650/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59464 /59218

Elevation104–151 m (341–495 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Poix-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [pwa dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,134	—
1975	2,259	+0.82%
1982	2,277	+0.11%
1990	2,056	−1.27%
1999	2,013	−0.23%
2007	2,023	+0.06%
2012	2,182	+1.52%
2017	2,203	+0.19%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Poix-du-Nord are blazoned :

Vair, 3 pales gules. (Englefontaine, Louvignies-Quesnoy, Poix-du-Nord and Saint-Waast-la-Vallée use the same arms.)

Town twinning

Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE