Hautmont

Hautmont
Coat of arms
Hautmont
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Hautmont
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Hautmont (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Sambre - Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014n EF)	Joël Wilmotte
Area1	12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	16,021
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59291 / 59330
Elevation	123–184 m (404–604 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 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.

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

It is 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the centre of Maubeuge, and has 16,000 residents.

In August 2008 an EF4 tornado swept through the town, damaging many buildings and resulting in the death of three people. The tornado also affected Maubeuge, Neuf-Mesnil and Boussières-sur-Sambre.

Heraldry

The arms of Hautmont are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Kamianets-Podilskyi is twinned with:

• Kalisz in Poland (since 1958)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file