Solre-le-Château

Solre-le-Château
Solre-le-Château
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Solre-le-Château
Coordinates: 50°10′31″N 4°05′33″E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Solre-le-Château
Intercommunality	vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Lety
Area1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,861
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59572 / 59740
Elevation	168–236 m (551–774 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 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.

Solre-le-Château is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Heraldry

The arms of Solre-le-Château are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. (Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file