Wattrelos | |
---|---|
The church in Wattrelos | |
Location of Wattrelos ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 3°13′01″E / 50.700°N 3.217°ECoordinates: 50°42′00″N 3°13′01″E / 50.700°N 3.217°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Lille |
Canton | Roubaix-2 |
Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Baert[1] |
Area 1 | 13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[2] | 40,898 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59650 /59150 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Wattrelos (French pronunciation: [watʁəlo]; archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. The fifth-largest component of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, Wattrelos borders the communes of Roubaix, Tourcoing and Leers in France and the communes of Mouscron and Estaimpuis in Belgium.
Population
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Heraldry
The arms of Wattrelos are blazoned : Azure, a lion barry argent and gules, armed, langued and crowned Or.
|
Twin towns – sister cities
Wattrelos is twinned with:[5][6][7]
Eschweiler, Germany
Guarda, Portugal
Köthen, Germany
Mohács, Hungary
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wattrelos, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "À Wattrelos, deux jumelages fêtés en même temps". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). La Voix du Nord. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Wattrelos: le jumelage franco-allemand peut compter sur les élèves du lycée Zola". nordeclair.fr (in French). Nordéclair. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Miasta partnerskie". siemianowice.pl (in Polish). Siemianowice Śląskie. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
External links