Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Commune
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes Town Hall
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes Town Hall
Coat of arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Coat of arms
Location of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Map
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes is located in France
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes is located in Hauts-de-France
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Coordinates: 50°25′43″N 3°19′10″E / 50.4286°N 3.3194°E / 50.4286; 3.3194
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonSin-le-Noble
IntercommunalityCC Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie Cau[1][2]
Area
1
5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
528
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59596 /59870
Elevation15–20 m (49–66 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (French pronunciation: [tilwa le maʁʃjɛn], literally Tilloy near Marchiennes) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region, Northern France.[4] In 2018, it had a population of 516.

History

Marie Cau in 2020.

In March 2020, Marie Cau won a majority of votes in the first round of the mayoral election (with the entire municipal council also being members of her electoral list) on a platform of developing social and environmental policies like sustainable agriculture.[5][6][7] Her inauguration was delayed until May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][5][7] Her election as the first known openly transgender mayor in France[1][5] garnered international media coverage.[8]

Heraldry

Arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
 The arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Marie Cau: First Transgender Mayor Elected in France". BBC. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ INSEE commune file
  5. ^ a b c France's first transgender mayor vows to wake up village, 25 May 2020, France 24
  6. ^ Nord : Marie Cau, première personne transgenre élue maire en France, 23 May 2020, Le Parisien
  7. ^ a b Clément Martinet, Marie Cau et sa liste « Décider ensemble » entendent réveiller Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, 11 March 2020, La Voix du Nord
  8. ^ Patrick Roger, Marie Cau, première maire transgenre : Je suis devenue le symbole d’une normalité possible, 7 June 2020, Le Monde, accessed 8 June 2020.
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