Rousies

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rousies

(2020–2026) Josiane Suleck^[1]Area

5.79 km² (2.24 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,043 • Density700/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59514 /59131

Elevation122–167 m (400–548 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rousies (French pronunciation: [ʁuzi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is located south of Maubeuge, on the river Solre.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,002	—
1975	4,522	−1.43%
1982	4,377	−0.46%
1990	4,302	−0.22%
1999	4,257	−0.12%
2007	4,202	−0.16%
2012	4,273	+0.34%
2017	4,016	−1.23%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Rousies are blazoned :

Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. ^[5](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes 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
^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered