Linselles
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Linselles
|commune status = Commune
|image = Linselles, waarschijnlijk de kerk foto2 2013-05-10 14.49.jpg
|caption = The church in Linselles
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Linselles (59) Nord-France.svg
|arrondissement = Lille
|canton = Lambersart
|INSEE = 59352
|postal code = 59126
|term = 2022–2026
|intercommunality = Métropole Européenne de Lille
|coordinates = {{Coord|50.7381|3.0806|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 47
|elevation min m = 17
|elevation max m = 52
|area km2 = 11.71
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Linselles ({{IPA|fr|lɛ̃sɛl}}; {{langx|nl|Linsele}}; {{langx|pcd|Linséles}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59352-linselles INSEE commune file]
On 17 August 1793, during the War of the First Coalition, it was the site of the Battle of Lincelles, a victory for a combined British and Dutch force against those of Revolutionary France.{{cite book|author=Fortescue, John W.|author-link=John William Fortescue|title=British Campaigns in Flanders 1690–1794 (extracts from Volume 4 of A History of the British Army) |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |year=1918 |pages=226–227 }}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59352#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |5796
|1975 |6504
|1982 |6754
|1990 |7674
|1999 |7876
|2007 |8242
|2012 |8104
|2017 |8371
}}
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason de la ville de Linselles (59) Nord-France.svg
| legend1=Arms of Linselles
| text=The arms of Linselles are blazoned :
{{SharedArms|Ar.fess.sa}}
}}
See also
References
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{{European Metropolis Lille}}
{{Nord communes}}
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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