Marchiennes

Marchiennes
The town hall in Marchiennes
Location of Marchiennes
Marchiennes
Marchiennes
Coordinates: 50°24′32″N 3°16′59″E / 50.4089°N 3.2831°E / 50.4089; 3.2831
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonSin-le-Noble
IntercommunalityCœur d'Ostrevent
Government
  Mayor (20242026) Laurent Martinez
Area
1
21.44 km2 (8.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
4,506
  Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59375 /59870
Elevation15–21 m (49–69 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marchiennes (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was fictionally portrayed in Émile Zola's Germinal.