Hautmont

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Hautmont

(2020–2026) Stéphane Wilmotte^[1]Area

12.27 km² (4.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

14,182 • Density1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59291 /59330

Elevation123–184 m (404–604 ft)
(avg. 132 m or 433 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 14,500 residents.

On August 3, 2008, a narrow but strong F4 tornado swept through the town, as well as Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre^[4] damaging hundreds of buildings, forty of which collapsed. The tornado killed three people and injured seventeen others.^[5] The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced nine other tornadoes.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	17,870	—
1975	19,175	+1.01%
1982	18,461	−0.54%
1990	17,475	−0.68%
1999	16,029	−0.96%
2007	15,015	−0.81%
2012	14,115	−1.23%
2017	14,574	+0.64%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Heraldry

The arms of Hautmont are blazoned :

Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

International relations

Hautmont is twinned with Kalisz in Poland (since 1958).^[7]

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
^ North France tornado kills three - BBC News
^ "European Severe Weather Database". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Kalisz Official Website - Twin Towns". (in English and Polish) © 2005-2008 Urząd Miejski Kalisz. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2008.