Auchy-lez-Orchies

Auchy-lez-Orchies
Coat of arms of Auchy-lez-Orchies Coat of arms
Auchy-lez-Orchies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Auchy-lez-Orchies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Espace en Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Leroy
Area1	7.79 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,473
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59029 / 59310
Elevation	32–52 m (105–171 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auchy-lez-Orchies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,076	—
1800	1,132	+5.2%
1806	1,199	+5.9%
1821	1,251	+4.3%
1831	1,409	+12.6%
1836	1,431	+1.6%
1841	1,471	+2.8%
1846	1,576	+7.1%
1851	1,654	+4.9%
1856	1,716	+3.7%
1861	1,690	−1.5%
1866	1,426	−15.6%
1872	1,368	−4.1%
1876	1,364	−0.3%
1881	1,347	−1.2%
1886	1,399	+3.9%
1891	1,328	−5.1%
1896	1,239	−6.7%
1901	1,185	−4.4%
1906	1,138	−4.0%
1911	1,098	−3.5%
1921	1,025	−6.6%
1926	1,041	+1.6%
1931	1,034	−0.7%
1936	1,017	−1.6%
1946	1,041	+2.4%
1954	988	−5.1%
1962	931	−5.8%
1968	889	−4.5%
1975	887	−0.2%
1982	1,038	+17.0%
1990	1,142	+10.0%
1999	1,155	+1.1%
2006	1,368	+18.4%
2009	1,473	+7.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Auchy-lez-Orchies

The arms of Auchy-lez-Orchies are blazoned : Azure, on a bend argent, 3 saltires couped ?raguly? gules.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file