Jeumont

For other uses, see Jeumont (disambiguation).

Jeumont
Jeumont
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Jeumont
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Benjamin Saint-Huile
Area1	10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	9,788
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59324 / 59460
Elevation	122–201 m (400–659 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Jeumont is a commune lying on the Belgian border, located in the Nord department in northern France.

Electrical engineering

The name of Jeumont is associated with several companies making heavy electrical equipment for wind turbines, nuclear reactors and naval propulsion. They have their origins in the Atelier de Construction Electrique du Nord et de l’Est (ACENE), which became part of the EMPAIN group under the name Forges et Ateliers de Construction Electriques de Jeumont (FACEJ) in 1921, merged with Schneider Westinghouse in 1964 and in 1993 Jeumont Industrie became part of the Framatome group. Framatome became Areva, which in 2007 sold the generators and motors division of Jeumont SA to Altawest as Jeumont ELECTRIC. Areva retained the nuclear and wind turbine divisions, which were renamed JSPM.

Heraldry

Arms of Jeumont

The arms of Jeumont are blazoned : Argent, 3 lions gules, overall a bend engrailed vert.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file