Sémeries (French pronunciation: ​[semʁi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Sémeries
Commune
The church in Sémeries
Coat of arms
Location of Sémeries
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Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 4°00′03″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Laspalas[1]
Area 1	13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	544
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59562 /59440
Elevation	148–222 m (486–728 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe Majeure in the Avesnois Regional Park in an area called the little Switzerland of the North.

History

The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the French Revolution.

Heraldry

The arms of Sémeries are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

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