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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Haussy
Commune
The church in HaussyThe church in Haussy
Coat of arms of HaussyCoat of arms
Location of Haussy
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Coordinates: 50°13′07″N 3°28′52″E / 50.2186°N 3.4811°E / 50.2186; 3.4811
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonCaudry
IntercommunalityCC Pays Solesmois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marc Boucly
Area16.22 km (6.26 sq mi)
Population1,472
 • Density91/km (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code59289 /59294
Elevation50–109 m (164–358 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Haussy (French pronunciation: [osi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Valenciennes.

History

During World War I the Germans occupied Haussy. Their brutal treatment of the native French inhabitants is recorded by Private A S Bullock in his memoir, but among his mementoes Bullock also kept a postcard he found on the floor of the village school on 23 October 1918, referring to more peaceful times, including 'Eugenie's first communion'.

Heraldry

Arms of Haussy
Arms of Haussy
 The arms of Haussy are blazoned :

Or, a lion gules. (Pont-l'Abbé, Escarmain and Haussy (see also Râches) use the same arms.)



Notable people

  • Pierre Mauroy (French: ; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. He arrived in Haussy in 1936. He is eight. His father, Henri, is named director of the School for Boys and the family moves in the housing of the school group Louis-Pasteur dating from 1929.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Bullock, A. S., Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, History Press, 2009, page 80
  5. Derbyshire, Ian (1987). Politics In France: From Giscard To Mitterrand. Edinburgh: Chambers. ISBN 0550207449.
Communes of the Nord department


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