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.
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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 km2 (2.44 sq mi) |
Population | 15,075 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/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. |
Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.
The arms of Wattignies are blazoned : Or, a saltire embattled counter-embattled sable.
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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% |
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