Wattrelos
Wattrelos | |
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Location of  | |
| Country | France |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Roubaix-Est Roubaix-Nord |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59650 / |
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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