Solre-le-Château

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Solre-le-Château

(2020–2026) Patrick Dehen^[1]Area

13.76 km² (5.31 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,776 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59572 /59740

Elevation168–236 m (551–774 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Solre-le-Château (French pronunciation: [sɔʁ lə ʃɑto] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] The river Solre flows through the commune.

Heraldry

The arms of Solre-le-Château are blazoned :

Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. ^[4](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" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered