Lesquin

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Lesquin
Commune
The town hall in Lesquin
Coat of arms
Location of Lesquin
Lesquin Location within France Show map of France Lesquin Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°35′26″N 3°06′42″E / 50.5906°N 3.1117°E / 50.5906; 3.1117
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Templeuve-en-Pévèle
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Ambroziewicz
Area 1	8.41 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Highest elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Lowest elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2023)	9,600
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59343 /59810
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lesquin (French pronunciation: [lekɛ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Nord, northern France.

Population

Heraldry

The arms of Lesquin are blazoned: Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

Economy

When Flandre Air existed, it had its head office at Lille Airport and in Lesquin. On 30 March 2001 Flandre, Proteus Airlines, and Regional Airlines merged into Régional, itself merged into HOP! in 2013.

Sport

Lesquin is the home of Championnat de France Amateurs club, US Lesquin.^{[citation needed]}

Airport

Lille Airport is located in Lesquin.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

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