Quarouble

Quarouble
Commune
The town hall in Quarouble
The town hall in Quarouble
Coat of arms of Quarouble
Coat of arms
Location of Quarouble
Quarouble is located in France
Quarouble
Quarouble
Location within France
Quarouble is located in Hauts-de-France
Quarouble
Quarouble
Location within Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°23′23″N 3°37′26″E / 50.3897°N 3.6239°E / 50.3897; 3.6239
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementValenciennes
CantonMarly
IntercommunalityCA Valenciennes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Delannoy
Area
1
12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Highest elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Lowest elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2023)
3,145
 • Density256.3/km2 (663.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59479 /59243
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quarouble (French pronunciation: [kaʁubl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

Arms of Quarouble
Arms of Quarouble
 The arms of Quarouble are blazoned :
Azure, a saltire between 4 mascles argent.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,420—    
1975 3,404−0.07%
1982 3,365−0.16%
1990 3,277−0.33%
1999 3,303+0.09%
2007 3,180−0.47%
2012 3,058−0.78%
2017 2,992−0.44%
2023 3,145+0.83%
Source: INSEE

1954 incident

An alien encounter was reported in the commune in 1954 by Marius Dewilde. Calcinated rock was reportedly found at the site of the incident. Dewilde was one of hundreds of witnesses to describe anomalous phenomena in France during a UFO wave that took place over the course of two months in 1954.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  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. 1 2 Miller, James (2012). "Seeing the Future of Civilization in the Skies of Quarouble: UFO Encounters and the Problem of Empire in Postwar France". In Alexander C.T. Geppert (ed.). Imagining Outer Space. pp. 269–290. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95339-4_13. ISBN 9781349953394.
  6. ↑ Strieber, Whitley (2008) [1987]. "Six: A Structure in the Air - Science, History, and Secret Knowledge". Communion (Paperback). HarperCollins. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-06-147418-7.