Orchies | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Orchies (59) Nord-France.svg |
Arrondissement: | Douai |
Canton: | Orchies |
Insee: | 59449 |
Postal Code: | 59310 |
Mayor: | Ludovic Rohart[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Pévèle-Carembault |
Coordinates: | 50.4756°N 3.245°W |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Elevation Min M: | 22 |
Elevation Max M: | 49 |
Area Km2: | 10.92 |
Orchies (in French pronounced as /ɔʁʃi/; Dutch; Flemish: Oorschie) is a commune in the department of Nord in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.[2]
Orchies is the biggest town of the Pévèle. It is especially known for its Musée de la chicorée, the museum of chicory.
Orchies is twinned with Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of the United Kingdom.
The French Romantic composer Clément Broutin (1851–1889) was born in Orchies.
Orchies railway station is served by TER Hauts-de-France. The station is situated on a junction between the Fives–Hirson railway and the Somain–Halluin railway.