Rosendaël Explained

Rosendaël
Image Coat Of Arms:Coat of Arms of Rosendaël.svg
Arrondissement:Dunkirk
Canton:Dunkerque-2
Insee:59510
Postal Code:59240
Commune:Dunkirk
Coordinates:51.0413°N 2.4037°W
Area Km2:3.97
Population:18272
Population Date:1999

Rosendaël (in French pronounced as /ʁozɑ̃dal/; Dutch; Flemish: Rozendaal; 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. It currently has 18,272 inhabitants (an almost ten-fold increase since 1825) in an area of 3.97 km2.

Heraldry

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

See also