Renescure

Renescure
Commune
The town hall in Renescure
Coat of arms
Location of Renescure
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Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 2°22′10″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Jude[1]
Area ^1	18.93 km^2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,128
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Renescurois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59497 /59173
Elevation	17–74 m (56–243 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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

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

• Communes of the Nord department

References

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