Dechy

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

Population

History

Middle Age

The archeological statistics of the Nord departement of 1867 indicate:

Since 7th century, Dechy containing maybe Férin belonged to the Saint-Amand Abbay. The count of Ostrevent had advocatus that was explaining Dechy and Férin of Hainaut county, although near of Douai.
An hospital was already existing in 1218, the patient care were made by the sisters of the Abbaye of Beaulieu in Sin-le-Noble
In 1205, the abbe Jean gives to his vassals of Dechy and Férin a penal law copied of the one in Douai.
Heraldry