Hon-Hergies

Hon-Hergies
Hon-Hergies
Commune
	The church in Hon-Hergies
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hon-Hergies
	Hon-Hergies Hon-Hergies
	Coordinates: 50°20′00″N 3°50′00″E / 50.3333°N 3.8333°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Aulnoye-Aymeries
Intercommunality	Pays de Mormal
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Luc Bertaux
Area 1	11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi)
Population (2021)	866
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59310 /59570
Elevation	88–152 m (289–499 ft) ; (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hon-Hergies (French pronunciation: [ɔ̃ ɛʁʒi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

History

The village of Hon existed in the 9th century and then became famous for the adulterous loves of Lothaire II, king of Lorraine, nephew of Charles-le-Chauve. In 862, Lothaire II, great-grandson of Charlemagne and king of Lotharingia, donated the stronghold of Canteraine to the abbey of Lobbes. In 1678, by the Treaty of Nijmegen, Louis XIV obtained that all the villages of the provost of Bavay, until then included in the Spanish Netherlands, be attached to his kingdom. In 1790, Hon and Hergies merged to become Hon-Hergies.

Heraldry

Arms of Hon-Hergies	The arms of Hon-Hergies are blazoned :Gules with two golden keys backing onto a saltire, the bites at the top.

These arms are also those of the municipalities of Taisnières-sur-Hon and Moustier-en-Fagne. These three communes were possessions of the abbey of Lobbes from which they inherited the arms.