Mouvaux

Mouvaux
Commune
The town hall in Mouvaux
Coat of arms
Location of Mouvaux
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Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 3°08′29″E / 50.7039°N 3.1414°E / 50.7039; 3.1414
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Durand[1]
Area ^1	4.17 km^2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	13,369
• Density	3,210/km^2 (8,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59421 /59420
Elevation	28–57 m (92–187 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mouvaux (French pronunciation: [muvo]; Dutch: Mouvouw) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.^[3]

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 11,247 —     1975 10,724 −0.68% 1982 12,631 +2.37% 1990 13,566 +0.90% 1999 13,177 −0.32% 2007 13,013 −0.16% 2012 13,628 +0.93% 2017 13,151 −0.71% 2023 13,369 +0.27% Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Mouvaux

The arms of Mouvaux are blazoned : Or, fretty azure.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Mouvaux is twinned with:^[5]

• Buckingham, England, United Kingdom
• Halle, Belgium
• Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
5. "Villes jumelles" (in French). Mouvaux. Retrieved 5 April 2022.