Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in Northern France. In 2018, it had a population of 516.

Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Commune
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
Coordinates: 50°25′43″N 3°19′10″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonSin-le-Noble
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie Cau[1]
Area
1
5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
509
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59596 /59870
Elevation15–20 m (49–66 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History
Marie Cau in 2020.

In March 2020, Marie Cau won a majority of votes in the first round of the mayoral election (with the entire municipal council also being members of her electoral list) on a platform of developing social and environmental policies like sustainable agriculture.[3][4][5] Her inauguration was delayed until May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][3][5] Her election as the first known openly transgender mayor in France[1][3] garnered international media coverage.[6]

Heraldry
Arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
 The arms of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes are blazoned :

Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)



See also

References
  1. "Marie Cau: First Transgender Mayor Elected in France". BBC. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. France's first transgender mayor vows to wake up village, 25 May 2020, France 24
  4. Nord : Marie Cau, première personne transgenre élue maire en France, 23 May 2020, Le Parisien
  5. Clément Martinet, Marie Cau et sa liste « Décider ensemble » entendent réveiller Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, 11 March 2020, La Voix du Nord
  6. Patrick Roger, Marie Cau, première maire transgenre : Je suis devenue le symbole d’une normalité possible, 7 June 2020, Le Monde, accessed 8 June 2020.
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