Renescure (French pronunciation: [ʁənɛskyʁ]; Dutch: Ruisscheure) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Renescure
The town hall in Renescure
The town hall in Renescure
Coat of arms of Renescure
Location of Renescure
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Renescure is located in France
Renescure
Renescure
Renescure is located in Hauts-de-France
Renescure
Renescure
Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 2°22′10″E / 50.7272°N 2.3694°E / 50.7272; 2.3694
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonHazebrouck
IntercommunalityCC Flandre Intérieure
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Jude[1]
Area
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18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,128
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
DemonymRenescurois (es)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59497 /59173
Elevation17–74 m (56–243 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Philippe de Commines (1447–1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France.[4] He was born in Renescure which was then in the county of Flanders.

It is the village where Bonduelle S.A. opened its first cannery.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,928—    
1975 2,071+1.03%
1982 2,115+0.30%
1990 2,221+0.61%
1999 2,086−0.69%
2007 2,031−0.33%
2012 2,085+0.53%
2017 2,080−0.05%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of Renescure
The arms of Renescure are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Argent, an anchor sable; 2&3: Or, in saltire 5 trefois vert.



See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Bémont, Charles (1911). "Commines, Philippe de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). p. 774.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE