Aix, Nord

Aix
Coat of arms
Aix
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Aix
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Espace en Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Detavernier
Area1	6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,090
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59004 / 59310
Elevation	22–47 m (72–154 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Lille.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	773	—
1800	695	−10.1%
1806	787	+13.2%
1821	939	+19.3%
1831	962	+2.4%
1836	960	−0.2%
1841	987	+2.8%
1846	975	−1.2%
1851	996	+2.2%
1856	1,018	+2.2%
1861	1,021	+0.3%
1866	990	−3.0%
1872	983	−0.7%
1876	955	−2.8%
1881	930	−2.6%
1886	1,017	+9.4%
1891	979	−3.7%
1896	954	−2.6%
1901	939	−1.6%
1906	911	−3.0%
1911	891	−2.2%
1921	765	−14.1%
1926	742	−3.0%
1931	718	−3.2%
1936	717	−0.1%
1946	702	−2.1%
1954	712	+1.4%
1962	658	−7.6%
1968	579	−12.0%
1975	644	+11.2%
1982	690	+7.1%
1990	777	+12.6%
1999	932	+19.9%
2006	1,043	+11.9%
2009	1,090	+4.5%

Heraldry

The arms of Aix are blazoned : Gules, a lion Or, armed, langued and crowned azure. (Aix-en-Pévèle, Emmerin, and Haubourdin use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file