Wattrelos

Wattrelos
Commune
Coat of arms
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-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Dominique Baert
Area1	13.44 km2 (5.19 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	41,337
• 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

Heraldry

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

Twin towns

Wattrelos is twinned with:

• Eschweiler, Germany
• Köthen, Germany
• Solca, Romania
• Mohács, Hungary
• Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
• Guarda, Portugal

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wattrelos.

• Official website