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

|mayor = Isabelle Pollet{{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=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|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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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)

Category:French Flanders

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