Wattignies

For the village, also in Nord, which was the site of the Battle of Wattignies, see Wattignies-la-Victoire.

Wattignies
Wattignies
Location within Hauts-de-France region Wattignies
Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°E / 50.5856; 3.0439Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°E / 50.5856; 3.0439
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Seclin-Nord
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Pluss
Area¹	6.31 km² (2.44 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	14,440
• Density	2,300/km² (5,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59648 / 59139
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wattignies (Dutch Wattenijs) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies to the south-west of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of 6.31 square kilometres (2.44 sq mi), and as at 1999 its population was 14,440.

Neighboring communes

Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.

Heraldry

	The arms of Wattignies are blazoned : Or, a saltire embattled counter-embattled sable.

Twin towns

Wattignies is twinned with:

Broadstairs, United Kingdom – since 1982
Rodenkirchen, Germany – since 1973

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wattignies.

Town council website

Communes of the European Metropolis of Lille

Anstaing Armentières Baisieux La Bassée Beaucamps-Ligny Bondues Bousbecque Bouvines Capinghem La Chapelle-d'Armentières Chéreng Comines Croix Deûlémont Don Emmerin Englos Ennetières-en-Weppes Erquinghem-le-Sec Erquinghem-Lys Escobecques Fâches-Thumesnil Forest-sur-Marque Fournes-en-Weppes Frelinghien Fretin Gruson Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Halluin Hantay Haubourdin Hem Herlies Houplin-Ancoisne Houplines Illies Lambersart Lannoy Leers Lesquin Lezennes Lille (includes the associate-communes of Hellemmes and Lomme) Linselles Lompret Loos Lys-lez-Lannoy La Madeleine Marcq-en-Barœul Marquette-lez-Lille Marquillies Mons-en-Barœul Mouvaux Neuville-en-Ferrain Noyelles-lès-Seclin Pérenchies Péronne-en-Mélantois Prémesques Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Ronchin Roncq Roubaix Sailly-lez-Lannoy Sainghin-en-Mélantois Sainghin-en-Weppes Saint-André-lez-Lille Salomé Santes Seclin Sequedin Templemars Toufflers Tourcoing Tressin Vendeville Verlinghem Villeneuve d'Ascq Wambrechies Warneton Wasquehal Wattignies Wattrelos Wavrin Wervicq-Sud Wicres Willems

Communes of the Nord department

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 137198849 GND: 4244432-9 BNF: cb15267218r (data)

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