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* [http://www.ville-wattrelos.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.ville-wattrelos.fr/ Official website]



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Wattrelos
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CountryFrance
ArrondissementLille
CantonRoubaix-Est
Roubaix-Nord
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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Wattrelos (Dutch: Waterloos; older forms: Waterlooz or Waterlos) is a commune in the Northern department and the Nord-Pas de Calais region of 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. In the 1999 census, Wattrelos had a population of 42,753. The name is literally of the same meaning as Waterloo (which is "Water-less", see los, loo, loos, lose), of which they both are now Dutch in name, although Saxon or Frankish in origin.

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