Gommegnies

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gommegnies

(2020–2026) Benoît Guiost^[1]Area

15.78 km² (6.09 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,300 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59265 /59144

Elevation100–152 m (328–499 ft)
(avg. 124 m or 407 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gommegnies (French pronunciation: [ɡɔmɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,929	—
1975	1,878	−0.38%
1982	1,780	−0.76%
1990	2,004	+1.49%
1999	2,002	−0.01%
2007	2,199	+1.18%
2012	2,283	+0.75%
2017	2,301	+0.16%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Gommegnies are blazoned :

Gules, a fess and in chief a vivre Or. [a vivre is a thin barrulet dancetty] (Gommegnies, Hornaing and Mastaing use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE