Wannehain

Wannehain
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Templeuve
Community association	Pévèle-Carembault
Coordinates	50 ° 34 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  E
height	34-61 m
surface	3.71 km 2
Residents	1,272 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	343 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59830
INSEE code	59638
Mairie Wannehain

Wannehain (NDL .: "Wanhem") is a French municipality with 1,272 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Dunkerque and to the community association Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault .

geography

The municipality of Wannehain is located in French Flanders in the far north of France, about 15 kilometers southeast of Lille and ten kilometers west of Tournai . In the east, the municipality borders on Belgium . The 3.71 km² area of ​​the municipality extends on very flat terrain between the rivers Deûle in the north, Scheldt in the east and Leie in the west. The largest part of the municipal area consists of large arable and grassland areas, only in the east ( Bois Moundry ) and south ( Bois de la Fougère ) the core town is bordered by a belt of deciduous forest. In addition to the closed settlement image of the core town, the hamlets and farms Le Bureau, La Vache Bleue, Le Boëz and La Grande Ferme lie in the municipality of Wannehain .

The neighboring communities of Wannehain are Camphin-en-Pévèle in the north, Tournai (Belgium) in the east, Bachy in the south and Bourghelles in the west.

history

On June 22, 1190, Wannehain was first documented in a bull from Pope Clement III. mentioned. The name is the phonetic rendering of the Flemish place name Wennehem . Wannehain belonged to the Doornik cathedral chapter . This ownership was confirmed in a Brussels document on April 21, 1770. A noble family named Wannehain first appeared as secular lords in the 12th century . In 1465 the rule of Wannehain went to Gilles de la Cessoie . When the daughters married into the Landas family , the manor in Wannehain became the property of this family. Wannehain came to the Ennetières family on October 18, 1638 at the wedding of Catherine Louise Landas and Charles Philippe Ennetières . Finally, in 1712, the Wannehain estate became the property of the long-established Counts of Lalaing , who kept them until the French Revolution . At the end of the 19th century, the descendants of the Counts of Lalaing owned 115 hectares of land, forests, meadows, ponds and many houses.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	421	484	570	583	742	839	913	1272
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Culture and sights

Buildings

Church of St. Cecilia

• The manor house ( La Grande Ferme ), which is typical of the Pévèle landscape, is part of a large farm ensemble in the south-east of the town center. The house, now inhabited by private individuals, is flanked by a round brick tower. The outbuildings include barns, stables and a dovecote. The vaulted cellar with a blue stone floor is considered to be the oldest part. An extension of the main building, a building of more recent construction, is on the outer corridor from 1748. Another adjacent building was once used as a stable. Most of the buildings that still exist today date from the 17th and 18th centuries, the main building with the hall and the corner tower are dated to 1630.
• The Church of St. Cäcilia ( Église Sainte-Cécile ) dates from between the 12th and 13th centuries. The nave is flanked by a side chapel in the north. A large choir was added in the 16th century. By the mid-nineteenth century, it was considered both too small and irregular in its plan and volume. A complete reconstruction in neo-Gothic style took place in the 19th century, whereby the brick tower from the classical period (17th / 18th century) was retained.

Folklore and carnival

The Géants de Zuytpeenee (German: Giganten von Zuytpeene ) belong to the traditional giant figures ( Géants du Nord ) that are widespread at festivals in northern France and neighboring Belgium . Since 2005, the performances have been carried out by UNESCO under the title Processions of Giants and Dragons from Belgium and France as masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity . The characters from Wannehain are called Gérard de Wannehain and Gillette Bricquemez . The figure of Thomas goes back to Auguste Thomas Joseph Liot de Nortbecourt , who was the king's musketeer until the French Revolution.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are three farms in the municipality (cereal and tobacco growing, dairy farming).

Wannehain is somewhat away from the national traffic flows, but is connected in all directions with the surrounding cities and communities by a well-developed road network. A road border crossing leads to Esplechin, Belgium . The TGV train line runs north of Wannehain from Lille or Paris to Brussels (with boarding in nearby Lille).

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 615-616.

supporting documents

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
2. ↑ History abstract of Wannehain ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French, accessed November 16, 2012) 
3. ↑ Wannehain on cassini.ehess.fr
4. ↑ Wannehain on insee.fr
5. ↑ Patrimoine historique: la Grande Ferme on wannehain.net ( memento of the original from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French, accessed November 15, 2012) 
6. ^ Church of St. Cäcilia on terredenosracines.fr (French, accessed on November 17, 2012)
7. ↑ geants-de-wannehain.over-blog.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French, accessed November 14, 2012)  
8. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Wannehain  - collection of images

• Community presentation (French)
• Population statistics
• Monuments historiques (objects) in Wannehain in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture