Sémeries

Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Sémeries
région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
département=Nord
arrondissement=Avesnes-sur-Helpe
canton=Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
insee=59562
cp=59440
maire=Raymond Lebecq
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays d'Avesnes
longitude=4.00083333333
latitude=50.1202777778
alt moy=206 m
alt mini=148 m
alt maxi=222 m
hectares=1 346
km²=13,46
sans=540
date-sans=1 999
dens=40|

Sémeries is a village and commune in the Nord "département" of northern France.

Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe in the Avesnois National Park in an area called the Switzerland of the North.

History

The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the French Revolution.

ee also

*Communes of the Nord department