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Place details
- Locality
- Fourmies
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 14,151
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Nord
- Arrondissement
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- Canton
- Fourmies
- Intercommunality
- CC Sud Avesnois
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Mickaël Hiraux
- Area
- 22.98 km (8.87 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 11,449
- Density
- 498.2/km (1,290/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 59249 /59610
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fourmies
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- Population
- +11449
- Area
- +22.98
- Elevation
- +216
- Capital of
- canton of Fourmies
- Shares border with
- Glageon
- Official website
- www.fourmies.fr
- Image
- Streets of the French community Fourmies.jpg
Article
Fourmies ( French pronunciation: [fuʁmi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The inhabitants are called Fourmisiens. It lies on the river Helpe Mineure (Helpe Minor or Little Helpe). Since 2015, Fourmies has been the seat of the Canton of Fourmies, an administrative division of the Nord department. The canton was created at the French canton reorganization which came into effect in March 2015.
Geography