Orchies

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Orchies
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 3°14′42″E / 50.4756°N 3.245°E / 50.4756; 3.245Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 3°14′42″E / 50.4756°N 3.245°E / 50.4756; 3.245
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ludovic Rohart
Area 1	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	8,736
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59449 /59310
Elevation	22–49 m (72–161 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orchies (French pronunciation: ​[ɔʁʃi]; Dutch: Oorschie) is a commune in the department of Nord in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Orchies is the biggest town of the . 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.

The French Romantic composer Clément Broutin (1851–1889) was born in Orchies.

Transport[]

Orchies railway station is served by TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The station is situated on a junction between the Fives-Hison railway and the Somain-Halluin Railway.

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[]

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