Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes

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Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Commune
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Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes Town Hall
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Coat of arms
Location of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
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Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Coordinates: 50°25′43″N3°19′10″E / 50.4286°N 3.3194°E / 50.4286; 3.3194
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality CC Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie Cau [1] [2]
Area
1
5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [3]
519
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59596 /59870
Elevation15–20 m (49–66 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (French pronunciation: ​ [tilwa le maʁʃjɛn] , literally Tilloy near Marchiennes ) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France. [4] In 2018, it had a population of 516.

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History

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Marie Cau in 2020.

In March 2020, Marie Cau won a majority of votes in the first round of the mayoral election (with the entire municipal council also being members of her electoral list) on a platform of developing social and environmental policies like sustainable agriculture. [5] [6] [7] Her inauguration was delayed until May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [5] [7] Her election as the first known openly transgender mayor in France [1] [5] garnered international media coverage. [8]

Heraldry

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Arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
The arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes are blazoned  :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)



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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marie Cau: First Transgender Mayor Elected in France". BBC. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  4. ↑ INSEE commune file
  5. 1 2 3 France's first transgender mayor vows to wake up village , 25 May 2020, France 24
  6. ↑ Nord : Marie Cau, première personne transgenre élue maire en France , 23 May 2020, Le Parisien
  7. 1 2 Clément Martinet, Marie Cau et sa liste « Décider ensemble » entendent réveiller Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes , 11 March 2020, La Voix du Nord
  8. ↑ Patrick Roger, Marie Cau, première maire transgenre : Je suis devenue le symbole d’une normalité possible , 7 June 2020, Le Monde , accessed 8 June 2020.
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