Écaillon

Écaillon
The church
Coat of arms
Écaillon
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Écaillon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Douai-Sud
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Dubois
Area1	4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	2,004
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59185 / 59176
Elevation	19–35 m (62–115 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Écaillon is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Écaillon are blazoned : Argent, a cross engrailed gules. (Bruille-lez-Marchiennes and Écaillon use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file