Orchies

Orchies
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Orchies Location within Hauts-de-France region Orchies
Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 3°14′42″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Hauts-de-France
Depairtment	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Orchies-Beuvry-la-Forêt
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Bailly
Area 1	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population  (2005)2	8,172
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59449 /59310
Elevation	22–49 m (72–161 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Orchies is a commune in the Nord depairtment in northren Fraunce.

Orchies is the biggest toun o the Pévèle. It is especially kent for its Musée de la chicorée, the museum o chicory.

Orchies is twinned wi Kelsae in the Scots Borders aurie o the Unitit Kinrick.

Heraldry

Arms of Orchies

The arms of Orchies are blazoned : Argent, a lion sable armed and langued gules, in dexter chief a crosslet ?patty? within an orle gules.

See an aa

• Communes o the Nord depairtment

References

• INSEE commune file

Freemit airtins

• Official wabsteid Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine