Sepmeries

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Sepmeries
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The town hall in Sepmeries
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Location of Sepmeries
Sepmeries
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Sepmeries
Coordinates: 50°17′01″N3°33′53″E / 50.2836°N 3.5647°E / 50.2836; 3.5647 Coordinates: 50°17′01″N3°33′53″E / 50.2836°N 3.5647°E / 50.2836; 3.5647
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du pays de Mormal
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Thierry Soszynski [1]
Area
1
5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018) [2]
653
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59565 /59269
Elevation53–106 m (174–348 ft)
(avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sepmeries is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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History

During World War I, intense action took place close to Sepmeries, including a dramatic incident described by A. S. Bullock in his posthumously published memoir, in which he narrowly escaped death by making a dash out of a practice trench where he and his comrades were trapped under bombardment. [3]

Heraldry

Arms of Sepmeries Blason ville fr Sepmeries (Nord).svg
Arms of Sepmeries
The arms of Sepmeries are blazoned  :

Azure, a cross moline between 4 mullets of 6 points argent. (Rombies-et-Marchipont and Sepmeries use the same arms.)

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  3. Bullock, A. S., Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, History Press, 2009, pages 81-82