Sémeries | |
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_%25C3%25A9glise_fa%25C3%25A7ade.jpg) The church in Sémeries | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sémeries | |
  Sémeries  Sémeries | |
| Coordinates:50°07′13″N4°00′03″E / 50.1203°N 4.0008°E /50.1203; 4.0008 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Fourmies |
| Intercommunality | CC Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Hervé Laspalas[1] |
Area 1 | 13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 520 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59562 /59440 |
| Elevation | 148–222 m (486–728 ft) (avg. 206 m or 676 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sémeries (French pronunciation:[semʁi]) is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3]
Sémeries sits in the valley of theHelpe Majeure in the Avesnois Regional Park in an area called the little Switzerland of the North.
The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until theFrench Revolution.
| The arms of Sémeries areblazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies,Sains-du-Nord andSémeries use the same arms.) |
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