Wattrelos

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Wattrelos (French pronunciation: [watʁəlo]; archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.^[3] It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. The fifth-largest component of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, Wattrelos borders the communes of Roubaix, Tourcoing and Leers in France and the communes of Mouscron and Estaimpuis in Belgium.

Population

Heraldry

Twin towns – sister cities

Wattrelos is twinned with:^[6]

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

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wattrelos, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "Présentation de la ville" (in French). Wattrelos. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

• Official website