Saulzoir

Saulzoir
Saulzoir
Commune
	The church in Saulzoir
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saulzoir
	Saulzoir Saulzoir
	Coordinates: 50°14′29″N 3°26′41″E / 50.2414°N 3.4447°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality	CC Pays Solesmois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Gernet
Area 1	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,679
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59558 /59227
Elevation	43–88 m (141–289 ft) ; (avg. 65.5 m or 215 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saulzoir (French pronunciation: [solzwaʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is situated on the river Selle and has about 1700 inhabitants (2019). The town was the site of Julius Caesar's battle against the Nervians.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Saulzoir	The arms of Saulzoir are blazoned : Azure, a crescent between 11 billets (in chief in fess 5, in base 3,2,1) Or.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Pierre Turquin ("La Bataille de la Selle (du Sabis) en l' An 57 avant J.-C." in Les Études Classiques 23/2 (1955), 113-156) has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the battle was fought at the River Selle.