Wattrelos

Wattrelos
Commune
The church in Wattrelos
Coat of arms
Location of Wattrelos
Map credit Wattrelos Location within France Show map of France Map credit Wattrelos Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 3°13′01″E / 50.700°N 3.217°E / 50.700; 3.217
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Roubaix-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Baert
Area 1	13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi)
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Population  (2023)	40,847
• Density	3,039/km2 (7,872/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: Waterlo) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France 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.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was completed around 1914 and the façade was modernised in 1968.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,590 —     1800 3,214 −1.57% 1806 3,969 +3.58% 1821 4,901 +1.42% 1831 6,791 +3.32% 1836 7,300 +1.46% 1841 7,864 +1.50% 1846 8,736 +2.13% 1851 9,432 +1.54% 1856 10,360 +1.89% 1861 12,315 +3.52% 1866 13,113 +1.26% 1872 14,682 +1.90% 1876 15,325 +1.08% 1881 15,725 +0.52% 1886 17,118 +1.71% 1891 19,770 +2.92% 1896 22,731 +2.83% 1901 25,884 +2.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 27,503 +1.22% 1911 29,089 +1.13% 1921 27,733 −0.48% 1926 29,032 +0.92% 1931 30,647 +1.09% 1936 31,084 +0.28% 1946 28,796 −0.76% 1954 31,993 +1.32% 1962 41,319 +3.25% 1968 43,754 +0.96% 1975 45,440 +0.54% 1982 44,626 −0.26% 1990 43,675 −0.27% 1999 42,753 −0.24% 2007 42,077 −0.20% 2012 41,633 −0.21% 2017 40,958 −0.33% 2023 40,847 −0.05%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

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:

Notable people

• Madelyne Delcroix (born 1946) - aerobatics pilot
• Fétiche (born 1935) - vedette, model, autobiographer

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

External links

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• Official website

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