Sémeries

Sémeries
Sémeries
Commune
	The church in Sémeries
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sémeries
	Sémeries Location within France Sémeries Location within Hauts-de-France
	Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 4°00′03″E / 50.1203°N 4.0008°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Laspalas
Area 1	13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population (2023)	520
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59562 /59440
Elevation	148–222 m (486–728 ft) ; (avg. 206 m or 676 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Sémeries sits in the valley of the Helpe Majeure in the Avesnois Regional Park in an area called the little Switzerland of the North.

History

The rights of the village were given in 1095 by Thierry d'Avesnes to Abbey Liessies who retained it until the French Revolution.

Arms of Sémeries	The arms of Sémeries are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ INSEE commune file