Wattrelos
Wattrelos (French pronunciation: [watʁəlo]; archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. 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
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) |
Heraldry
The arms of Wattrelos are blazoned : Azure, a lion barry argent and gules, armed, langued and crowned Or.
|
Twin towns – sister cities
Wattrelos is twinned with:
- Eschweiler, Germany
- Guarda, Portugal
- Köthen, Germany
- Mohács, Hungary
- Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
- Solca, Romania
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wattrelos, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Présentation de la ville" (in French). Wattrelos. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wattrelos.