Les Rues-des-Vignes

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Les Rues-des-Vignes

(2020–2026) Marc Langlais^[1]Area

17.85 km² (6.89 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

748 • Density42/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59517 /59258

Elevation62–146 m (203–479 ft)
(avg. 103 m or 338 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Rues-des-Vignes (French pronunciation: [le ʁy de viɲ]; called Vinchy in the Middle Ages) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Vinchy was the site of a famous battle of the then-rising Charles Martel in spring 717.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file