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Wattignies
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Wattignies (; ) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies in the south-western part of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of .
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Wattignies is a commune in France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It lies in the Nord department and is part of the Lille metropolis and the arrondissement of Lille. The municipality is located in the canton of Seclin-Nord and is associated with the canton of Faches-Thumesnil for electoral purposes. It shares borders with Emmerin, Faches-Thumesnil, Lille, and Loos.
The commune has an area of 6.31 square kilometers and a population of 15,756, comprising 6,739 males and 7,810 females. Its postal code is 59139. Wattignies is twinned with Broadstairs. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 54 meters in some data, while other sources list elevations of 35 and 37 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wattignies
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 14,766
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Wattignies
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Wattignies - Rue Clemenceau (D549) - 2.JPG
- French commune.caption
- A view within Wattignies
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Wattignies 59.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lille
- French commune.canton
- Faches-Thumesnil
- French commune.INSEE
- 59648
- French commune.postal code
- 59139
- French commune.mayor
- Alain Pluss
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Métropole Lille
- French commune.elevation m
- 35
- French commune.area km2
- 6.31
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Wattignies
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lille
- Population
- 15525
- Area
- 6.31
- Elevation
- 38
- Shares border with
- Templemars
- Official website
- www.mairie-wattignies.com
- Image
- Wattignies - Rue Clemenceau (D549) - 2.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Broadstairs
- Commons category
- Wattignies
- postal code
- 59139
- associated electoral district
- canton of Faches-Thumesnil
- male population
- 6739
- female population
- 7810
- P8168
- Meritxell Mateu i Pi
- different from
- Wattignies-la-Victoire
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.mairie-wattignies.com/contactez-nous
- phone number
- +33-3-20-16-06-30
- fax number
- +33-3-20-60-29-06
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Neighboring communes
- Heraldry
- Population
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Wattignies (; ) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies in the south-western part of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of .
==Neighboring communes== Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wattignies” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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