Avelin

Avelin
Avelin
Commune
	The church in Avelin
	Coat of arms
	Location of Avelin
	Avelin Avelin
	Coordinates: 50°32′26″N 3°04′57″E / 50.5406°N 3.0825°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Templeuve-en-Pévèle
Intercommunality	Pévèle-Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	José Roucou
Area 1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,600
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59034 /59710
Elevation	29–58 m (95–190 ft) ; (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avelin (French pronunciation: [avlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Lille.

The village's name is of Germanic origin.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

Arms of Avelin	The arms of Avelin are blazoned : Gules, a chief ermine.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Pays de Pévèle". Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Avelin, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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