Flines-lez-Raches

Flines-lez-Raches
The town hall in Flines-lez-Raches
Location of Flines-lez-Raches
Flines-lez-Raches
Flines-lez-Raches
Coordinates: 50°25′37″N 3°10′59″E / 50.427°N 3.183°E / 50.427; 3.183
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonOrchies
IntercommunalityDouaisis Agglo
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Annie Goupil-Deregnaucourt
Area
1
19.22 km2 (7.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
5,677
  Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59239 /59148
Elevation15–40 m (49–131 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Flines-lez-Raches (French pronunciation: [flin le ʁaʃ], literally Flines near Raches) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It was once the site of Flines Abbey.