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Somain is a commune in France, situated in the Hauts-de-France region and the Nord department. It lies within the arrondissement of Douai and the canton of Marchiennes, though it is also associated with the electoral district of the canton of Sin-le-Noble. The municipality has an area of 12.32 square kilometers and shares borders with Abscon, Aniche, Bruille-lez-Marchiennes, and Fenain. Its official postal code is 59490.
The population of Somain is recorded as 12,863, comprising 5,870 males and 6,281 females. The inhabitants are known as Somainois. The commune was established in 867 and has received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945. It maintains twinned relationships with Castel del Monte and Roßlau (Elbe).
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Place details
- Locality
- Somain
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,310
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Nord
- Arrondissement
- Douai
- Canton
- Sin-le-Noble
- Intercommunality
- Cœur d'Ostrevent
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Julien Quennesson
- Area
- 12.32 km (4.76 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 11,766
- Density
- 955.0/km (2,474/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 59574 /59490
- Elevation
- 16–48 m (52–157 ft) , (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Accueil Ville de Somain - Ville de Somain
Somain est une commune française située dans le département du département du Nord (59), en région Hauts-de-France.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Somain
- Demonym
- Somainois
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Douai
- Population
- 11766
- Area
- 12.32
- Elevation
- 27
- Shares border with
- Rieulay
- Official website
- www.ville-somain.fr
- Image
- Mairie - Somain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Somain
- twinned administrative body
- Castel del Monte
- topic's main category
- Category:Somain
- postal code
- 59490
- inception
- 0867-00-00
- associated electoral district
- canton of Sin-le-Noble
- male population
- 5870
- female population
- 6281
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- ville-somain.fr
- phone number
- +33-3-27-86-93-00
- fax number
- +33-3-27-86-93-04
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Encyclopedic overview
Somain ( French pronunciation: [sɔmɛ̃] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The former commune of Villers-Campeau was absorbed by Somain in 1947. The town was known for its extensive mining industry.
Mining
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.