Marbaix

Marbaix
Marbaix
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Marbaix
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud
Intercommunality	Deux Helpes
Mayor	Damien Ducanchez (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	132–197 m (433–646 ft) (avg. 140 m/460 ft)
Land area1	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population2	426  (1999)
- Density	64 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59374/ 59440
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°07′44″N 3°50′32″E / 50.1288888889°N 3.84222222222°E / 50.1288888889; 3.84222222222

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

Heraldry

The arms of Marbaix are blazoned : Argent, a stag's massacre gules surmounting a crozier palewise Or. (Marbaix, Maroilles, Noyelles-sur-Sambre, and Salesches use the same arms)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file