Wattignies

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

Wattignies
Commune
A view within Wattignies
Coat of arms
Location of Wattignies
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Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Faches-Thumesnil
Intercommunality	Métropole Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Pluss[1]
Area ^1	6.31 km^2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	15,756
• Density	2,500/km^2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59648 /59139
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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.[3] It lies in the south-western part of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of 6.31 square kilometres (2.44 sq mi), and as of 2019 its population was 15,075.

Neighboring communes

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

Heraldry

Arms of Wattignies

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,969	—
1975	12,319	+10.91%
1982	13,790	+1.62%
1990	14,533	+0.66%
1999	14,440	−0.07%
2007	13,450	−0.88%
2012	13,376	−0.11%
2017	14,549	+1.70%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns

Wattignies is twinned with:

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

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Town council website