Auby
Commune
The town hall in Auby
The town hall in Auby
Coat of arms of Auby
Coat of arms
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Auby is located in France
Auby
Auby
Auby is located in Hauts-de-France
Auby
Auby
Coordinates: 50°24′57″N 3°03′18″E / 50.4158°N 3.055°E / 50.4158; 3.055
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonOrchies
IntercommunalityDouaisis Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christophe Charles[1]
Area
1
7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,188
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59028 /59950
Elevation18–32 m (59–105 ft)
(avg. 22 m or 72 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auby is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It is 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the centre of Douai.

It is a centre of zinc production and home to a plant owned by Nyrstar.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 709—    
1800 762+1.04%
1806 886+2.54%
1821 887+0.01%
1831 968+0.88%
1836 953−0.31%
1841 980+0.56%
1846 1,020+0.80%
1851 1,092+1.37%
1856 1,092+0.00%
1861 1,177+1.51%
1866 1,253+1.26%
1872 1,385+1.68%
1876 2,049+10.29%
1881 2,410+3.30%
1886 2,277−1.13%
1891 2,364+0.75%
1896 2,685+2.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,048+2.57%
1906 3,445+2.48%
1911 4,462+5.31%
1921 4,745+0.62%
1926 6,930+7.87%
1931 7,506+1.61%
1936 7,165−0.93%
1946 7,227+0.09%
1954 8,579+2.17%
1962 9,007+0.61%
1968 9,090+0.15%
1975 8,954−0.22%
1982 8,630−0.53%
1990 8,442−0.27%
1999 7,958−0.65%
2007 7,708−0.40%
2012 7,417−0.77%
2017 7,274−0.39%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Auby
Arms of Auby
 The arms of Auby are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an eagle sable, beaked and membered gules; 2&3: quarterly Or and sable.



International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Auby is twinned with Czeladź in Poland.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auby, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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