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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Lille | |
Canton | Armentières | |
Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 45 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ E | |
height | 11-25 m | |
surface | 4.17 km 2 | |
Residents | 239 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59560 | |
INSEE code | 59643 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-warneton.fr/ | |
Warneton Town Hall (Mairie) |
Warneton ( Flemish : Frans Waasten ) is a French municipality with 239 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and is part of the canton of Armentières (until 2015: canton of Quesnoy-sur-Deûle ). The inhabitants are called Warnetonnois .
geography
Warneton is located about 14 kilometers northwest of Lille an der Leie (French: Lys ), which in its course also forms the northern municipal boundary and at the same time the state border with Belgium . Warneton is surrounded by the neighboring communities Comines-Warneton (Belgium) in the north and west, Comines in the east and Deûlemont in the south.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 216 | 197 | 198 | 171 | 179 | 178 | 189 | 225 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Bunker from the German occupation in World War II
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1401.
Web links
Commons : Warneton - collection of pictures, videos and audio files