Maresches

Maresches
Maresches
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Maresches
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Le Quesnoy-Ouest
Intercommunality	Quercitain
Mayor	Jean-Noël Brichant (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	49–106 m (161–348 ft) (avg. 100 m/330 ft)
Land area1	4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Population2	939  (1999)
- Density	196 /km2 (510 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59381/ 59990
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.

Coordinates: 50°17′36″N 3°34′32″E / 50.2933°N 3.5756°E / 50.2933; 3.5756

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

Heraldry

The arms of Maresches are blazoned : Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file