Auby

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Auby
Commune
The town hall in Auby
The town hall in Auby
Coat of arms of Auby
Coat of arms
Location of Auby
Map
Auby is located in France
Auby
Auby
Auby is located in Hauts-de-France
Auby
Auby
Coordinates: 50°24′57″N 3°03′18″E / 50.4158°N 3.055°E / 50.4158; 3.055
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonOrchies
IntercommunalityDouaisis Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christophe Charles[1]
Area
1
7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,188
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59028 /59950
Elevation18–32 m (59–105 ft)
(avg. 22 m or 72 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auby is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It is 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the centre of Douai.

It is a centre of zinc production and home to a plant owned by Nyrstar.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 709—    
1800 762+1.04%
1806 886+2.54%
1821 887+0.01%
1831 968+0.88%
1836 953−0.31%
1841 980+0.56%
1846 1,020+0.80%
1851 1,092+1.37%
1856 1,092+0.00%
1861 1,177+1.51%
1866 1,253+1.26%
1872 1,385+1.68%
1876 2,049+10.29%
1881 2,410+3.30%
1886 2,277−1.13%
1891 2,364+0.75%
1896 2,685+2.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,048+2.57%
1906 3,445+2.48%
1911 4,462+5.31%
1921 4,745+0.62%
1926 6,930+7.87%
1931 7,506+1.61%
1936 7,165−0.93%
1946 7,227+0.09%
1954 8,579+2.17%
1962 9,007+0.61%
1968 9,090+0.15%
1975 8,954−0.22%
1982 8,630−0.53%
1990 8,442−0.27%
1999 7,958−0.65%
2007 7,708−0.40%
2012 7,417−0.77%
2017 7,274−0.39%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of Auby
Arms of Auby
 The arms of Auby are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an eagle sable, beaked and membered gules; 2&3: quarterly Or and sable.



International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Auby is twinned with Czeladź in Poland.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auby, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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