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Abscon
	Commune of Abscon
	Location
	; Abscon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Mayor	Gilbert Défossé; (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	38–64 m (120–210 ft); (avg. 59 m/190 ft)
Land area1	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population2	4,161 (2005)
- Density	572 /km2 (1,480 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59002/ 59215
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

	The arms of Abscon are blazoned : Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms)

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