Solre-le-Château

Solre-le-Château (French pronunciation: [sɔʁ lə ʃɑto] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] The river Solre flows through the commune.

Solre-le-Château
Commune
A general view of Solre-le-Château
Coat of arms
Location of Solre-le-Château
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Coordinates: 50°10′31″N 4°05′33″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Dehen[1]
Area 1	13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,776
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Heraldry

Arms of Solre-le-Château

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. [4](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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered