Dechy
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Dechy
|commune status = Commune
|image = Dechy - Fouilles (7).jpg
|caption = The church in Dechy
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Dechy (Nord).svg
|image flag = Flag of Dechy.gif
|arrondissement = Douai
|canton = Aniche
|INSEE = 59170
|postal code = 59187
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Douaisis Agglo
|coordinates = {{coord|50.353|3.129|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 35
|elevation min m = 18
|elevation max m = 46
|area km2 = 9.27
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Dechy ({{IPA|fr|dəʃi}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59170-dechy INSEE commune file]
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59170#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1896 |2394
|1901 |2722
|1906 |2966
|1911 |2929
|1921 |2848
|1926 |4744
|1931 |4790
|1936 |4914
|1946 |5081
|1954 |5054
|1962 |6348
|1968 |6165
|1975 |6630
|1982 |5720
|1990 |5464
|1999 |5283
|2007 |5041
|2012 |5207
|2017 |5324
}}
History
= Middle Age =
The archeological statistics of the Nord departement of 1867 indicate:Statistique archéologique du département du Nord, op. cit. en bibliographie, p. 613.
- 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{{citation
|author = Pierre-Antoine-Samuel-Joseph Plouvain
|title = Éphémérides historiques de la ville de Douai: Biographie douaisienne
|location = Douai
|publisher = impr. de Deregnaucourt
|year = 1828
|edition = 2
|page = 40
|isbn =
|url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524492t/f48.image
|accessdate = 5 January 2018}}, sur Gallica.
- In 1205, the abbe Jean gives to his vassals of Dechy and Férin a penal law copied of the one in Douai.
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason ville fr Dechy (Nord).svg
| legend1=Arms of Dechy
| text=The arms of Dechy are blazoned :
{{SharedArms|Eagle.France.anc}}
}}
See also
References
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{{Nord communes}}
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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