Étrœungt

Étrœungt
Étrœungt
Commune
	A view within Étrœungt
	Coat of arms
	Location of Étrœungt
	Étrœungt Étrœungt
	Coordinates: 50°03′29″N 3°55′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Justice[1]
Area 1	25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2020)[2]	1,291
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59218 /59219
Elevation	148–217 m (486–712 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Étrœungt (French pronunciation: [e.tʁœ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Geography

The river Helpe Mineure (one of Sambre's affluents) runs through the village.[4] The river is subject to occasional flooding. Étrœungt is bordered by ten other communes, including two from Aisne department: Avesnelles, Boulogne-sur-Helpe, Féron, Floyon, Haut-Lieu, La Flamengrie (Aisne), Larouillies, Rainsars, Rocquigny (Aisne), Sémeries. The nearest train station is (SNCF) Avesnes-sur-Helpe. It is 110 km from Lille (Préfecture du Nord), Brussels and Reims (Marne); 55 km from Valenciennes, Laon, Mons and Charleroi; 22 km from Maubeuge; 10 km from Fourmies and 7 km from Avesnes-sur-Helpe. Highways leading to Étrœungt are the RN2 from Paris to Brussels. Belgium is just 15 km away.

Arms of Étrœungt	The arms of Étrœungt are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. [5](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

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