Pérenchies
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Armentières | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 19-38 m | |
| surface | 3.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,424 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,780 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59840 | |
| INSEE code | 59457 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-perenchies.fr/ | |
Pérenchies is a French city in the Arrondissement of Lille , in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region . It has 8,424 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on an area of only three square kilometers.
geography
The city of Pérenchies is located in the Lille area , near the Belgian border.
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1101. A Celtic settlement probably existed centuries before .
The community lived mainly from agriculture until industrialization began in 1836 with a large textile factory .
During the First World War , the place was occupied by German troops in October 1914, who set up a base camp for the front line just 2 km away. Pérenchies was not liberated until October 1918.
Town twinning
- Overath in Germany, since 1973
- Pietralunga in the Italian province of Perugia , since 1998
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1384-1389.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The history of the twin town Perenchies in the Bergisches Sonntagsblatt from September 5, 2009, p. 8
Web links
Commons : Pérenchies - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Pérenchies in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
- Official website of the city of Pérenchies