Lewarde

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Lewarde

|commune status = Commune

|image = Lewarde - Fosse Delloye des mines d'Aniche (396).JPG

|caption = The Delloye mine in Lewarde

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Lewarde (59) Nord-France.svg

|arrondissement = Douai

|canton = Aniche

|INSEE = 59345

|postal code = 59287

|mayor = Alain Bruneel{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = Cœur d'Ostrevent

|coordinates = {{coord|50.3417|3.1697|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 40

|elevation min m = 22

|elevation max m = 80

|area km2 = 3.9

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Lewarde ({{IPA|fr|ləwaʁd}}; {{langx|pcd|Lwarte}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59345-lewarde INSEE commune file]

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59345#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1872

|1975 |1992

|1982 |2289

|1990 |2768

|1999 |2782

|2007 |2769

|2012 |2645

|2017 |2425

}}

History

= Ancient History =

Romans medals were found at multiple times in Lewarde, as well as ballot boxes filled of ash hiden in an sandstone career and four bronze heads of a gallo-roman style.

= Moyen Âge =

The town of Lewarde has born on a wooded ridge (the mountains Saint-Rémi) surround an fortified area, built by the count of Hainaut in {{s|XIII}}, where we could monitor the common border of the Counties of Flandres and the Hainaut.

Of the fortified area, nothing has stayed. But, it's at this assumed place, in the fief of Lewarde, where the town church has been built.

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

| img1=Blason de la ville de Lewarde (59) Nord-France.svg

| legend1=Arms of Lewarde

| text=The arms of Lewarde are blazoned :
Per fess or and azure, a lion maintaining a banderole gules, and 3 martlets argent.

}}

References

Category:Communes of Nord (French department)

Category:French Flanders