Wahagnies
Wahagnies | |
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_city_limit_sign.JPG) The road into Wahagnies | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Wahagnies  | |
  Wahagnies  Wahagnies | |
| Coordinates: 50°29′11″N 3°02′12″E / 50.4864°N 3.0367°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Annœullin |
| Intercommunality | Pévèle Carembault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Bos[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,605 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59630 /59261 |
| Elevation | 27–66 m (89–217 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Wahagnies (French pronunciation: [va.aɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]The commune is situated between Flandre and Artois and has a distance of 20 km to Lille and 35 km to Arras. It covers an area of approximately 569 ha (2.20 sq mi).[4]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,504 | — |
| 1975 | 3,190 | +3.52% |
| 1982 | 2,911 | −1.30% |
| 1990 | 2,674 | −1.06% |
| 1999 | 2,689 | +0.06% |
| 2007 | 2,599 | −0.42% |
| 2012 | 2,616 | +0.13% |
| 2017 | 2,598 | −0.14% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Wahagnies are blazoned : Azure, a chevron argent between 2 anchors and a cow passant Or, a chief per pale 1 Gules, a mitre Or, and 2 paly Or and gules.
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Twin towns
[edit]Wahagnies is twinned with Böhl-Iggelheim (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wahagnies, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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