Wattignies
Appearance
Wattignies | |
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A view within Wattignies | |
Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Lille |
Canton | Faches-Thumesnil |
Intercommunality | Métropole Lille |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Pluss[1] |
Area 1 | 6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 15,531 |
• Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59648 /59139 |
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Wattignies (French pronunciation: [watiɲi]; Dutch: Wattenijs) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France.[3] It lies in the south-western part of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of 6.31 square kilometres (2.44 sq mi), and as of 2019 its population was 15,075.
Neighboring communes
[edit]Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.
Heraldry
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The arms of Wattignies are blazoned : Or, a saltire embattled counter-embattled sable.
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Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 5,969 | — |
1975 | 12,319 | +10.91% |
1982 | 13,790 | +1.62% |
1990 | 14,533 | +0.66% |
1999 | 14,440 | −0.07% |
2007 | 13,450 | −0.88% |
2012 | 13,376 | −0.11% |
2017 | 14,549 | +1.70% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Twin towns
[edit]Wattignies is twinned with:
Broadstairs, United Kingdom – since 1982
Rodenkirchen, Germany – since 1973
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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