Hon-Hergies | |
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.JPG) The church in Hon-Hergies | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hon-Hergies | |
  Hon-Hergies  Hon-Hergies | |
| Coordinates:50°20′00″N3°50′00″E / 50.3333°N 3.8333°E /50.3333; 3.8333 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Aulnoye-Aymeries |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mormal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Luc Bertaux[1] |
Area 1 | 11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 867 |
| • Density | 78.7/km2 (204/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59310 /59570 |
| Elevation | 88–152 m (289–499 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hon-Hergies (French pronunciation:[ɔ̃ɛʁʒi]) is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3]
The village of Hon existed in the 9th century and then became famous for the adulterous loves ofLothaire II, king of Lorraine, nephew ofCharles-le-Chauve. In 862,Lothaire II, great-grandson ofCharlemagne and king of Lotharingia, donated the stronghold of Canteraine to the abbey of Lobbes.In 1678, by theTreaty of Nijmegen,Louis XIV obtained that all the villages of the provost of Bavay, until then included in the Spanish Netherlands, be attached to his kingdom.In 1790, Hon and Hergies merged to become Hon-Hergies.
| The arms of Hon-Hergies areblazoned :Gules with two golden keys backing onto a saltire, the bites at the top. |
These arms are also those of the municipalities ofTaisnières-sur-Hon andMoustier-en-Fagne. These three communes were possessions of the abbey of Lobbes from which they inherited the arms.
There are 7Petit Granit quarries, 5 marble quarries, 5 lime kilns, 3 wheat mills, 1 oil mill, a marble sawmill and 3 breweries in Hon Hergies.
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