Wattrelos

Wattrelos
Wattrelos
Location within Hauts-de-France region Wattrelos
Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 3°13′01″E / 50.700°N 3.217°E / 50.700; 3.217Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 3°13′01″E / 50.700°N 3.217°E / 50.700; 3.217
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Roubaix-Est and Roubaix-Nord
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Dominique Baert
Area¹	13.44 km² (5.19 sq mi)
Population (2012)²	41,633
• Density	3,100/km² (8,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59650 / 59150
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.

Wattrelos (French pronunciation: [wa.tʁə.lo]; archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Northern department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. It the fifth-largest component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lille Métropole. Wattrelos borders the communes of Roubaix, Tourcoing and Leers in France and the communes of Moeskroen and Steenput in Belgium.

Population history

Historical population of Wattrelos
(Source: 1793-1990:,^[1] 1999-2010:^[2])
Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	3590	3214	3969	4901	6791	7300	7864	8736	9432	10360

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901
Population	12315	13113	14682	15325	15725	17118	19770	22731	25884

Year	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962
Population	27503	29089	27733	29032	30647	31084	28796	31993	41319

Year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2010
Population	43754	45440	44626	43675	42719	41541

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

Wattrelos is twinned with:

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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

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