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Dechy
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Dechy is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Douai-Sud and the arrondissement of Douai in the Nord department. It lies in the Hauts-de-France region and shares borders with Lallaing, Sin-le-Noble, Cantin, and Férin. The town is twinned with Weißensee.
The commune has an area of 9.27 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 46 meters. Its population is recorded as 5,362, comprising 2,500 males and 2,824 females. Another source lists the population as 5,439. Dechy uses the postal code 59187 and is associated with the canton of Aniche for electoral purposes.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dechy
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,439
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Dechy
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Dechy - Fouilles (7).jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church in Dechy
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Dechy (Nord).svg
- French commune.image flag
- Flag of Dechy.gif
- French commune.arrondissement
- Douai
- French commune.canton
- Aniche
- French commune.INSEE
- 59170
- French commune.postal code
- 59187
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Michel Szatny
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Douaisis Agglo
- French commune.elevation m
- 35
- French commune.elevation min m
- 18
- French commune.elevation max m
- 46
- French commune.area km2
- 9.27
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Official website
Dechy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Dechy
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Douai
- Population
- 5338
- Area
- 9.27
- Elevation
- 31
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Loffre
- Official website
- www.ville-dechy.fr
- Image
- Dechy - Église Saint-Amand (04).JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Weißensee
- Commons category
- Dechy
- postal code
- 59187
- associated electoral district
- canton of Aniche
- male population
- 2500
- female population
- 2824
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-27-95-82-00
- fax number
- +33-3-27-95-82-01
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Population
- Toponymy
- History
- Middle Age
- Heraldry
- See also
- References
Dechy () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dechy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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