Flines-lez-Raches

Flines-lez-Raches
Flines-lez-Raches
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Douai
Canton Douai-Nord
Intercommunality Douaisis
Mayor Daniel Lemaire
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 15–40 m (49–130 ft)
(avg. 24 m/79 ft)
Land area1 19.22 km2 (7.42 sq mi)
Population2 5,441  (1999)
 - Density 283 /km2 (730 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59239/ 59148
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.

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

Heraldry

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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