Abstract: It is important to scientifically calculate the rural residential land consolidation potential， especially the realistic potential， for the development of rural residential renovation and construction of new rural communities. Based on entropy evaluation and clustering methods， the rural residential land consolidation potential and zoning of Hebi City was analyzed from 4 restrictive aspects including natural， social， economic and land factors. It was shown that the comprehensive compensation factor of reality land consolidation potential was 0438 7， and the coefficient of increased cultivated land was 2967%， indicating that the feasibility of turning theoretical land consolidation potential into reality was poor. The areas with the largest reality land consolidation potential located in the suburbs and main grain producing areas of Xunxian. These areas were plains with deep soil of high quality， and the natural restrictive factors were relatively few．

Key words: entropy evaluation, rural residential land, consolidation potential, consolidation zoning, Hebi City