Renescure

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Renescure

(2020–2026) Frédéric Jude^[1]Area

18.93 km² (7.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,128 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)DemonymRenescurois (es)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59497 /59173

Elevation17–74 m (56–243 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.

Renescure (French pronunciation: [ʁənɛskyʁ]; Dutch: Ruisscheure) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Philippe de Commines (1447–1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France.^[4] He was born in Renescure which was then in the county of Flanders.

It is the village where Bonduelle S.A. opened its first cannery.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,928	—
1975	2,071	+1.03%
1982	2,115	+0.30%
1990	2,221	+0.61%
1999	2,086	−0.69%
2007	2,031	−0.33%
2012	2,085	+0.53%
2017	2,080	−0.05%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Renescure are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an anchor sable; 2&3: Or, in saltire 5 trefois vert.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Bémont, Charles (1911). "Commines, Philippe de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). p. 774.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE