Flines-lez-Raches

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Flines-lez-Raches

(2020–2026) Annie Goupil-Deregnaucourt^[1]Area

19.22 km² (7.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,610 • Density290/km² (760/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59239 /59148

Elevation15–40 m (49–131 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Flines-lez-Raches (French pronunciation: [flin le ʁaʃ], literally Flines near Raches) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It was once the site of Flines Abbey.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,095	—
1975	5,047	−0.14%
1982	5,098	+0.14%
1990	5,294	+0.47%
1999	5,441	+0.30%
2007	5,447	+0.01%
2012	5,495	+0.18%
2017	5,570	+0.27%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE