Wattignies

Wattignies
Wattignies
Commune
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	Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°ECoordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Faches-Thumesnil
Intercommunality	Métropole Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Pluss
Area 1	6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	14,736
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Wattignies (French pronunciation: [watiɲi]; 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.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	13,692	—
2007	13,450	−1.8%
2008	12,803	−4.8%
2009	12,963	+1.2%
2010	13,223	+2.0%
2011	13,297	+0.6%
2012	13,376	+0.6%
2013	14,179	+6.0%
2014	14,190	+0.1%
2015	14,295	+0.7%
2016	14,485	+1.3%

Twin towns[]

Wattignies is twinned with:

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

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.