Wattrelos
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| Commune of Wattrelos | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 3.217° |
| Latitude | 50.700° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Département | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Roubaix-Est Roubaix-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Dominique Baert (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 13.44 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
42,753 |
| - Density (1999) | 3,179/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| 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 sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Wattrelos is a commune in the département of Nord and the Nord-Pas de Calais region of 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. In the 1999 census, Wattrelos had a population of 42,753.
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