Dechy | |
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.jpg) The church in Dechy | |
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 Location of Dechy | |
  Dechy  Dechy | |
| Coordinates:50°21′11″N3°07′44″E / 50.353°N 3.129°E /50.353; 3.129 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Douai |
| Canton | Aniche |
| Intercommunality | Douaisis Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Szatny[1] |
Area 1 | 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,338 |
| • Density | 576/km2 (1,490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59170 /59187 |
| Elevation | 18–46 m (59–151 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Dechy (French pronunciation:[dəʃi]) is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1896 | 2,394 | — |
| 1901 | 2,722 | +2.60% |
| 1906 | 2,966 | +1.73% |
| 1911 | 2,929 | −0.25% |
| 1921 | 2,848 | −0.28% |
| 1926 | 4,744 | +10.74% |
| 1931 | 4,790 | +0.19% |
| 1936 | 4,914 | +0.51% |
| 1946 | 5,081 | +0.33% |
| 1954 | 5,054 | −0.07% |
| 1962 | 6,348 | +2.89% |
| 1968 | 6,165 | −0.49% |
| 1975 | 6,630 | +1.04% |
| 1982 | 5,720 | −2.09% |
| 1990 | 5,464 | −0.57% |
| 1999 | 5,283 | −0.37% |
| 2007 | 5,041 | −0.58% |
| 2012 | 5,207 | +0.65% |
| 2017 | 5,324 | +0.45% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The town has been named,Diptiacum in 899, (Cartulary of Saint-Amand,Miroeus),Diptiacum in 906,Diciacum in 1097,Diptiacum in 1107,Dichis in 1181 (Chronique Gislebert),Dici in 1205[5]
It probably comes from an old*Deppiacum, based of the gallic nameDeppios[6] followed from the suffix-acum[7] (from the gallic-acon) of location and property, with the global meaning « property, farm of Deppios ». The suffix-(i)acum has generally finished as-y in the North (-ecque in the previous dutch speaking area and-eke in flemish), the plural form, appeared later-iacas to-ies.
Thearcheological statistics of the Nord departement of 1867 indicate:[8]
| The arms of Dechy areblazoned : Or, an eagle sable dimidiated withAzure semy de lys Or. The latter being France Ancient (Dechy,Férin andSaint-Saulve use the same arms.) |
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