Ronchin

Ronchin

Ronchin
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Lille-Sud-Est
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Mayor Alain Rabary
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 28–57 m (92–187 ft)
(avg. 40 m/130 ft)
Land area1 5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Population2 17,999  (1999)
 - Density 3,321 /km2 (8,600 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59507/ 59790
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.

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

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Heraldry

The arms of Ronchin are blazoned :
Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms)

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