Rosendaël

For the place in the Netherlands, see Roosendaal.

Part of Dunkirk in Hauts-de-France, France

Rosendaël

Part of Dunkirk

Town hall annex

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Location of Rosendaël

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Coordinates: 51°02′29″N 2°24′13″E﻿ / ﻿51.0413°N 2.4037°E﻿ / 51.0413; 2.4037
Country| France
Region| Hauts-de-France
Department| Nord
Arrondissement| Dunkirk
Canton| Dunkerque-2
Commune| Dunkirk

Area

| 3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population

(1999)

| 18,272
• Density| 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code|

59240

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rosendaël (French pronunciation: [ʁozɑ̃dal]; Dutch: Rozendaal; West Flemish: Rozendoale; French Flemish: Roozendaele; meaning "rose valley") is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France. In 1971 it was merged into Dunkirk.[1] It currently has 18,272 inhabitants (an almost ten-fold increase since 1825) in an area of 3.97 km2.

## Heraldry

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

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

* Grandes armes de Rosendaël.

* Flag of Rosendaël

* Flag of Rosendaëlsur dam

## See also

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* Communes of the Nord department
* Roosendael Abbey in Antwerp, Belgium
* Roosendaal, city in North Brabant, Netherlands
* Rozendaal, South Holland, town in the Netherlands
* Rozendaal, town in Gelderland, Netherlands
* Jack Rosendaal (born 1973), Dutch decathlete

## References

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1. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosendaël, EHESS (in French).

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