Wattignies

For the village, also in Nord, which was the site of the Battle of Wattignies, see Wattignies-la-Victoire.

Wattignies
Wattignies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wattignies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Seclin-Nord
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Pluss
Area1	6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	14,440
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wattignies (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.

Neighboring communes

Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.

Heraldry

The arms of Wattignies are blazoned : Or, a saltire embattled counter-embattled sable.

Twin towns

Wattignies is twinned with:

• Broadstairs, United Kingdom – since 1982
• Rodenkirchen, Germany – since 1973

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Town council website