Sémeries
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Commune of Sémeries |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Avesnes |
| Mayor | Raymond Lebecq (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 148 m–222 m (avg. 206 m) |
| Land area¹ | 13,46 km² |
| Population² (1 999) |
540 |
| - Density | 40/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59562/ 59440 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Sémeries is a village and commune in the Nord département of northern France.
Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe in the Avesnois national park in an area called the Switzerland of the North.
[edit] History
The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the Revolution.
[edit] See also
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