Orchies

The canton of Orchies is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Orchies.It consists of the following communes:

Nomain (French pronunciation: [nɔmɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Auchy-lez-Orchies (French pronunciation: [oʃi lez‿ɔʁʃi], literally Auchy near Orchies) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Bouvignies (French pronunciation: [buviɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Coutiches (French pronunciation: [kutiʃ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

The "Tuffeau" de Saint-Omer is a geologic formation in northern France. The sandstones of the formation, named after Saint-Omer, preserve bird and primate fossils dating back to the middle Thanetian age of the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene period, dating to about 58 Ma. The European land mammal age, a continental biostratigraphic zonation for the Cenozoic, as ammonites for the Mesozoic and conodonts for the Paleozoic, classification starts after this age, the Thanetian is correlative with the MP2 to 5 of the Mammal Paleogene zone of Europe. At this time in geologic history the climate was at an all-time high with estimated tropical temperatures of 34 °C (93 °F) and 2000 ppm atmospheric CO2.The formation is locally referred to and geologically known as tuff, although the lithology of the formation is glauconitic sandstone, deposited in a shallow marine environment at the southernmost edge of the North Sea Graben.

Genech (French pronunciation: [ʒənɛ]; Dutch: Genst) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Cobrieux (French pronunciation: [kɔbʁijø]) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.

Bachy (French pronunciation: [baʃi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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.

Cappelle-en-Pévèle (French pronunciation: [kapɛl ɑ̃ pevɛl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

The Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault is a communauté de communes in the Nord département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. It was formed on 1 January 2014 by the merger of several former communautés de communes. Its seat is in Pont-à-Marcq. Its area is 310.3 km2, and its population was 95,816 in 2018.