Féron

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Féron

(2020–2026) Jean-François Baudry^[1]Area

13.39 km² (5.17 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

527 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59229 /59610

Elevation158–223 m (518–732 ft)
(avg. 172 m or 564 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is around 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Fourmies. Its population in 2019 was 564. The current mayor, elected in 2020, is Jean-François Baudry.^[1] There is an annual festival "Féron'Arts".

Heraldry

The arms of Féron are blazoned :

Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. ^[4](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered