Rieulay
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Douai | |
| Canton | Sin-le-Noble | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Ostre event | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 ' N , 3 ° 15' E | |
| height | 16-27 m | |
| surface | 7.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,327 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 182 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59870 | |
| INSEE code | 59501 | |
| Website | http://www.rieulay.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Rieulay |
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Rieulay is a French commune with 1,327 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Douai and the Canton of Sin-le-Noble (until 2015: Canton Marchiennes ). The inhabitants are called Rieulaysiens .
geography
Rieulay is about twelve kilometers east-northeast of Douai and about 19 kilometers west-northwest of Valenciennes . The canalized Scarpe limits the community to the north and northeast. Rieulay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Marchiennes in the north, Wandignies-Hamage in the east and north-east, Fenain in the east and south-east, Somain in the south, Bruille-lez-Marchiennes in the south and south-west, Pecquencourt in the west and south-west and Vred in the west and north-west.
The A21 autoroute runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,071 | 1,034 | 1,088 | 1,271 | 1,278 | 1,423 | 1,433 | 1,369 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rieulay
- Notre-Dame-des-Orages Church, built 1872–1875
- Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours chapel
- 17th century pigeon tower ( Monument historique )
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1117-1119.
