Orchies

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Orchies (French pronunciation: [ɔʁʃi] ^ⓘ; Dutch: Oorschie) is a commune in the department of Nord in the Hauts-de-France region of French Flanders, northern France.^[3] Its inhabitants are called Orchésiens.

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Orchies
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Orchies
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Coordinates: 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	CC Pévèle-Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ludovic Rohart[1]
Area 1	10.92 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,390
• Density	768/km2 (1,990/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.
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Orchies is the biggest town of the Pévèle. 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. The politician Valérie Létard (1962-) was born in Orchies.

The arms of Orchies are blazoned : Argent, a lion sable armed and langued gules, in dexter chief a crosslet ?patty? within an orle gules.

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