Assevent

Assevent
Assevent
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Assevent
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge-Nord
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Mayor	Michel Lo Giaco (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	122–151 m (400–495 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
Land area1	1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population2	1,715  (2009)
- Density	917 /km2 (2,380 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59021/ 59600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	121	—
1800	84	−30.6%
1806	93	+10.7%
1821	142	+52.7%
1831	132	−7.0%
1836	138	+4.5%
1841	128	−7.2%
1846	148	+15.6%
1851	152	+2.7%
1856	153	+0.7%
1861	157	+2.6%
1866	168	+7.0%
1872	158	−6.0%
1876	168	+6.3%
1881	172	+2.4%
1886	195	+13.4%
1891	192	−1.5%
1896	306	+59.4%
1901	384	+25.5%
1906	401	+4.4%
1911	462	+15.2%
1921	415	−10.2%
1926	472	+13.7%
1931	445	−5.7%
1936	434	−2.5%
1946	418	−3.7%
1954	528	+26.3%
1962	708	+34.1%
1968	924	+30.5%
1975	1,360	+47.2%
1982	1,599	+17.6%
1990	1,940	+21.3%
1999	1,874	−3.4%
2006	1,756	−6.3%
2009	1,715	−2.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Assevent are blazoned : Argent, a chevron between 3 trefoils sable. (Assevent, Romeries and Saint-Rémy-Chaussée use the same arms)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file