Wattrelos

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Wattrelos

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise Saint-Maclou de Wattrelos.JPG

|caption = The church in Wattrelos

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Wattrelos (Nord).svg

|arrondissement = Lille

|canton = Roubaix-2

|INSEE = 59650

|postal code = 59150

|mayor = Dominique Baert{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Métropole Européenne de Lille

|coordinates = {{coord|50.700|3.217|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 29

|elevation min m =

|elevation max m =

|area km2 = 13.44

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

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

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

}}

Wattrelos ({{IPA|fr|watʁəlo}}; archaic {{Langx|nl|Waterlo}}) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59650-wattrelos INSEE commune file] 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.

Population

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|41221|Wattrelos}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59650#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |3590

|1800 |3214

|1806 |3969

|1821 |4901

|1831 |6791

|1836 |7300

|1841 |7864

|1846 |8736

|1851 |9432

|1856 |10360

|1861 |12315

|1866 |13113

|1872 |14682

|1876 |15325

|1881 |15725

|1886 |17118

|1891 |19770

|1896 |22731

|1901 |25884

|1906 |27503

|1911 |29089

|1921 |27733

|1926 |29032

|1931 |30647

|1936 |31084

|1946 |28796

|1954 |31993

|1962 |41319

|1968 |43754

|1975 |45440

|1982 |44626

|1990 |43675

|1999 |42753

|2007 |42077

|2012 |41633

|2017 |40958

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Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason ville fr Wattrelos (Nord).svg

|legend1=Arms of Wattrelos

|text=The arms of Wattrelos are blazoned :
Azure, a lion barry argent and gules, armed, langued and crowned Or.

}}

Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Wattrelos is twinned with:{{cite web|title=Présentation de la ville|url=https://www.ville-wattrelos.fr/presentation-de-la-ville|publisher=Wattrelos|language=fr|access-date=2023-08-07}}

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Notable People

See also

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