Rumegies

Rumegies
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Community association	Porte du Hainaut
Coordinates	50 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 21 ′  E
height	18–34 m
surface	7.71 km 2
Residents	1,797 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	233 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59226
INSEE code	59519
Website	http://www.rumegies.fr/

Rumegies is a French commune with 1,797 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes ; it belongs to the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche ).

geography

Rumegies is located in French Flanders on the Belgian border, about 15 kilometers northwest of Valenciennes and about 20 kilometers southeast of Lille , on the Elnon . Rumegies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brunehaut in the north and east, Lecelles in the east and south-east, Saméon in the south and west and Aix-en-Pévèle in the west and north-west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	1,187	1,133	1,157	1,211	1,258	1,402	1,600	1,640
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Brice church

The 18th century church of St. Brictius (Saint-Brice) belongs to the parish of St. Eligius , based in Lecelles in the Archdiocese of Cambrai . Church services take place regularly in Rumegies, but not every weekend.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1446-1447.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Saint Eloi en Pévèle (French)

Web links

Commons : Rumegies  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Rumegies in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture