Flines-lez-Raches

Flines-lez-Raches is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Flines-lez-Raches
The town hall in Flines-lez-Raches
Coat of arms
Location of Flines-lez-Raches
Flines-lez-Raches
Flines-lez-Raches
Coordinates: 50°25′37″N 3°10′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonOrchies
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Douaisis
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Annie Goupil-Deregnaucourt
Area
1
19.22 km2 (7.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
5,570
  Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59239 /59148
Elevation15–40 m (49–131 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It was once the site of Flines Abbey.

Heraldry

Arms of Flines-lez-Raches
The arms of Flines-lez-Raches are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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