Ronchin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Lille-4 | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 ' N , 3 ° 5' E | |
| height | 28-57 m | |
| surface | 5.42 km 2 | |
| Residents | 19,220 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,546 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59790 | |
| INSEE code | 59507 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-ronchin.info | |
 The Villas Lebrun in Ronchin |
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Ronchin is a French municipality with 19,220 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France near the border with Belgium around Lille . The inhabitants call themselves Bruants or Ronchinois .
Neighboring communities
Ronchin is surrounded by Lille in the north-west, Hellemmes-Lille in the north, Lezennes in the north-east, Lesquin in the south-east and south, and Faches-Thumesnil in the south-west.
Transport links
The motorway triangle of the Autoroute A1 with the Autoroute A25 and the Autoroute A27 is located in the municipality . Ronchin station is served by trains on the Paris – Lille line.
history
A village known as Rumcinium has been passed down since the 9th century . It was initially a fiefdom of Marchiennes Abbey. In 1663 the place was ravaged by the plague.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Ronchin
- Church of Sainte-Rictrude from the 12th century ( monument historique since 1920 )
- Brasserie Jeanne d'Arc from the 19th century
- Stadtquartier Villas Lebrun from 1906
- Church of the Resurrection of Christ (built 1957)
Town twinning
The city maintains city partnerships with:
- Halle (Westf.) , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1984
- Târnăveni , Romania
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire , UK
Personalities
- Gaulthier de Lille (* in the 12th century), poet
- Bruno Coquatrix (1910–1979), composer, conductor and politician
- Marie-Christine Blandin (* 1952), politician (Greens)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1066-1068.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Sainte-Rictrude in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)