Orchies

Orchies
Orchies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Orchies
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Orchies-Beuvry-la-Forêt
Mayor	Dominique Bailly (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	22–49 m (72–161 ft) (avg. 30 m/98 ft)
Land area1	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population2	8,172  (2005)
- Density	748 /km2 (1,940 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59449/ 59310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 3°14′42″E / 50.4755555556°N 3.245°E / 50.4755555556; 3.245

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

Orchies is the biggest town of the Pévèle. It is especially known for its Musée de la chicorée, the museum of chicory.

Orchies is twinned with Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of the United Kingdom.

Heraldry

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 also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official web site