Ronchin

Ronchin is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called the Buntings or Ronchinois.

Known at the 9th century under the name of Rumcinium, the etymological root of the name of the city is the same one as that of the word “Ronce”.

Geography

Bordering on the towns of Lille in north, Lezennes in the east, Lesquin in the south and Annoy-Thumesnil in the west. Its altitude is higher than that of Lille.

Communications

a Station of Railroad, by which the line of TGV Paris-Lille forwards.
Crossed by the Highway A1, the city has a highway exchanger in its oriental party.
secondary Road 917.
Served by the buses of the shipping company inhabitant of Lille: Transpole (mainly the lines 14 has and B).

History

Traces of settlement before our era, the city is crossed by old Roman ways. Rumcinium : Field of the Abbey of Marchiennes at the 9th century (diploma of the emperor Charles II the Bald person with the French Public records, gone back to 877 confirming the goods of the abbey), the city was burned by the Lorrains in 1640, occupied by the troops of the sun king in 1650, devastated by the Peste in 1663.

With the doors of Lille, it shared the fate of its powerful neighbor and undergoes all the by-effects of the seats and combat which were devoted to it. Important industrial rise with XIXè. Between the years 1950 and 1960, the 2 parts of Ronchin, were joined together by a big number of houses which constitute the City gardens. In the Seventies of constructions were established with the locality " The Field of Cerf" and constitute one 4th district of the city. Since 1990 a fifth district was built on the heights dominant the field of the stag.

Lille tries to absorb Ronchin since the Seventies, but its population is opposite there.

The armorial bearings of the city are: Gold to a sand escarboucle, opening of mouths

Administration

List of the successive mayors

1790 Alexis DELEMER
1791 Pierre DELEMER
1802 Louis LAMBLIN
1811 Augustin LEFEBVRE
1818 Louis DUBUISSET, mayor until in 1851
1851 Alexandre MORELLE
1865 NOTCH
1875 DUBUISSET
1880 to 1887 DUBUISSET
1888 LEMAN
1892 Jules FOSTIER
1896 Jules FOSTIER
1900 Armand LABBE
1904 THIRD Henri
1905 Jules GROLEZ
1908 Jules GROLEZ
1912 MONS Louis
1919 DELEZENNE
1925 Jean LAURENT
1935 Henri GHESQUIERES
1942 Henri GHESQUIERES
1944 municipal Delegation
1947 Alfred HAKE
1953 Alfred HAKE
1959 Alfred HAKE
1965 Henri KINTS
1971 Henri KINTS
1977 Henri KINTS
1983 Michel LAIGNEL
1989 Michel LAIGNEL
1995 Michel LAIGNEL
2001 Michel LAIGNEL
2006 Alain RABARY
2007 Alain RABARY
2008 Alain RABARY

Striking facts

Exceptional fact, Michel LAIGNEL could not finish its last mandate following a legal decision. January 29th, 2004, he was condemned for illegal catch of interest, forgery and use of forgery in public writing (transmission of false reports of council to the prefecture about a subsidy allotted to his/her daughter) and favoritism (in particular of the company of BTP managed by one of its sons). The judgment was confirmed in call on June 15th, 2005 (he was condemned to two one-year suspended sentences and two years of ineligibility). The judgment was confirmed after appeal to the Supreme Court on March 8th, 2006, following what it chose to resign.

Demography

Places and monuments

Holy-Rictrude Church (12th century-16th century, classified with the Historic buildings by decree on October 12th, 1920). - Access to the documentary video on the Holy-Rictrude church.
Brewery Jeanne d' Arc (fine 19th century, old “Vandamme Brewery”). The Brasserie was repurchased by " Brewers of Gayant" (Douai) and renamed Brewery Grain of barley in July 2002. The site of the brewery arrété the production of Bière in 2005 while being devoted only to logistics.

Personalities related to the commune

Gauthier of Lille poet, born in Ronchin with XII^ème century
Bruno Coquatrix (man of spectacles)
Alain Decaux (Historian)
and the heroes of cartoons of Tronchet: Raymond Calbuth and Jean-Claude Tergal.

Twinnings

Infrastructure sporting

The city has many equipment Sport yews: Golf and riding school, 3 stages, 7 halls sports, grounds of Tennis, swimming pool, center of shooting, Bowling, Dojo for the Martial arts.

Ronchin was elected the most sporting city of less than 20.000 inhabitants in France in 2000.

The city accommodates also the faculty of the sports depending on the university Lille II.

See too

Common of North

External bonds

Lille Metropolis - Urban community of Lille
Official site of the commune
Ronchin on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ronchin on the site of INSEE
Ronchin on the site of Quid
Localization of Ronchin on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ronchin on Mapquest

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