Dechy

Dechy
Dechy
Commune
	The church in Dechy
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Dechy
	Dechy Dechy
	Coordinates: 50°21′11″N 3°07′44″E / 50.353°N 3.129°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Aniche
Intercommunality	Douaisis Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Szatny
Area 1	9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2022)	5,343
• Density	576/km2 (1,490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59170 /59187
Elevation	18–46 m (59–151 ft) ; (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Dechy (French pronunciation: [dəʃi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

The archeological statistics of the Nord departement of 1867 indicate:^[5]

Since 7th century, Dechy containing maybe Férin belonged to the Saint-Amand Abbay. The count of Ostrevent had advocatus that was explaining Dechy and Férin of Hainaut county, although near of Douai.
An hospital was already existing in 1218, the patient care were made by the sisters of the Abbaye of Beaulieu in Sin-le-Noble^[6]
In 1205, the abbe Jean gives to his vassals of Dechy and Férin a penal law copied of the one in Douai.

Arms of Dechy	The arms of Dechy are blazoned : Or, an eagle sable dimidiated with Azure semy de lys Or. The latter being France Ancient (Dechy, Férin and Saint-Saulve use the same arms.)

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Statistique archéologique du département du Nord, op. cit. en bibliographie, p. 613.
^ Pierre-Antoine-Samuel-Joseph Plouvain (1828), Éphémérides historiques de la ville de Douai: Biographie douaisienne (2 ed.), Douai: impr. de Deregnaucourt, p. 40, retrieved 5 January 2018, sur Gallica.

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Dechy
Commune
The church in Dechy
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dechy
Dechy Show map of France Dechy Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°21′11″N 3°07′44″E / 50.353°N 3.129°E / 50.353; 3.129
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Aniche
Intercommunality	Douaisis Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Szatny^[1]
Area ¹	9.27 km² (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	5,343
• Density	576/km² (1,490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59170 /59187
Elevation	18–46 m (59–151 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.