Rosendaël

Rosendaël
Town hall annex Town hall annex
Coat of arms of Rosendaël Coat of arms
Rosendaël
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Rosendaël
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Dunkirk-East
Intercommunality	Dunkerque grand littoral
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Vanwaefelghem (deputy mayor)
Area1	3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	18,272
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59510 / 59240
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.

Rosendaël (Rozendaal in Dutch) is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France. In 1972 it was merged into Dunkirk. The name means "Rose Valley" according to François Joseph Grille. It currently has 18,272 inhabitants (an almost ten-fold increase since 1825) in an area of 3.97 km².

Heraldry

Arms of Rosendaël

The arms of Rosendaël are blazoned : D'azur à la Rose d'Argent

Rosendaël also has its own flag, Barry of 6 gules and vert

• Coat of Arms of Rosendaël.svg

  Grandes armes de Rosendaël.

• Drapeau de la commune de Rosendaël (59) Nord-France.svg

  Flag of Rosendaël

• DrapeauRosendael.JPG

  Flag of Rosendaëlsur dam

See also

• Communes of the Nord department