Renescure

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Renescure
Renescure Coat of Arms
Renescure (France)
Renescure
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Hazebrouck
Community association Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates 50 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 22 ′  E
height 17-74 m
surface 18.93 km 2
Residents 2,080 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 110 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59173
INSEE code
Website http://www.renescure.fr

Renescure Town Hall (Mairie)

Renescure ( Flemish : Ruyscheure ) is a French town in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France in the historic West Flemish -speaking region French Flanders . Renescure has 2,080 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), called Renescurois , and belongs to the canton of Hazebrouck (until 2015: canton of Hazebrouck-Nord ) in the Dunkerque district .

location

Renescure is about 27 miles southeast of Calais and about 34 kilometers south of Dunkirk . The southwest border is the Canal de Neufosse . Renescure is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Clairmarais in the north and northwest, Bavinchove and Staple in the northeast, Ebblinghem in the east, Lynde in the southeast, Blaringhem in the south and southeast, Wardrecques and Campagne-lès-Wardrecques in the southwest and Arques in the west and northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
1,803 1.928 2,071 2.115 2,221 2,086 2,039 2,085
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Renescure

  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 12th century, alterations from the 17th century
  • Sacre-Cœur Church in Nieppe, built at the end of the 19th century, currently closed
  • Saint-Marant and Sacre-Cœur chapels
  • Philippe de Commines Castle, Monument historique since 1981
  • Fort Zuthove, monument historique since 1946
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 843-845.

Web links

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