Wasquehal
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Croix | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 40 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ E | |
| height | 18-47 m | |
| surface | 6.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 20,479 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,985 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59290 | |
| INSEE code | 59646 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-wasquehal.fr/ | |
Wasquehal (NDL .: "Waskenhal") is a French commune in the Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and the canton of Croix . The place has 20,479 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The inhabitants call themselves Wasquehaliens.
geography
The city is located in the catchment area of the city of Lille in the triangle of the cities of Lille- Roubaix - Tourcoing . Wasquehal has now almost completely grown together with Lille and Roubaix. The Marque River and the Canal de Roubaix run through the city.
history
Wasquehal was first mentioned in 1096, when the Chevalier Gérard de Waskenhal assigned the parish of the church of Saint Pierre de Lille- Lesquin to Count Robert II of Flanders as a fief. At that time there were around sixty fire places in the church area. At that time, the Wasquehal area was mainly a swamp area. Through research into the origin of the name, the settlement history of the region was traced back to the fifth century.
After the feudal lord Gérard de Ghistelles fell at the Battle of Azincourt in 1415 , Wasquehal was divided into two parishes. It was only when Charles Joseph Lespagnol de Grimbry became Count of Wasquehal in 1782 that he reunited the two places.
From 1635 to 1713, territorial claims led by the French kings Louis XIII. and Louis XIV around the agglomeration of Lille to sieges (e.g. 1708) and bloody battles. Famine occurred as a result of these fighting and was exacerbated by the outbreak of the plague in 1636 and 1669. Wasquehal first belonged to France from 1678 through the peace treaties of Nijmegen . Within 25 years, however, the city's citizenship changed four times. This period of the Spanish Wars of Succession is not without good reason one of the most difficult moments in the city's history. Wasquehal finally belonged to France only after the Peace of Utrecht in 1713.
Wasquehal was drawn into the chaos of war again when Austrian troops besieged Lille again in 1792. Shortly before, in 1787, was the site of a fever - epidemic hit.
The industrial revolution in the textile industry led to a considerable increase in population at the end of the 19th century, but also to a massive change in the social structure. The weavers who worked in local production became workers in factories. These industrial workers were now the largest group of the population. When the socialists, Lejeune-Mullier, first appointed the mayor in 1901, the Franciscan Sisters left the local school they ran.
On October 15, 1914, Uhlans from XIII. Corps of the Kingdom of Württemberg the place. Wasquehal remained occupied by German soldiers until October 15, 1918. Due to its proximity to the front, the location was the base and depot for German troops.
Wasquehal was reoccupied by German troops from June 1, 1940 to September 3, 1944 during World War II.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 13,634 | 14,274 | 16,391 | 16,275 | 17,986 | 18,541 | 18,989 | 20,479 |
Town twinning
Wasquehal is twinned with the Belgian city of Beyne-Heusay .
Culture and sights
One of the city's sights is the Neo-Gothic Église Saint-Nicolas , which was built between 1877 and 1901. As the city explains on its homepage, there are hardly any larger older buildings and hardly any traces of the settlement that has now been in existence for over a thousand years. In the beginning it was the poverty of the people that prevented the construction or maintenance of the corresponding buildings, but from the beginning of the 20th century the massive population growth forced the place to tear down the last evidence of history.
Until the French Revolution , the most important building in the city was the Saint Maur Church, which is said to have contained several relics . However, all of these relics were lost in the turmoil of the revolution. The church itself was demolished in several stages by 1900.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Wasquehal
Saint-Nicolas church 
Saint-Clément church
Economy and Infrastructure
The place is accessible by the highways and railway lines in the Lille area, as well as the Canal de Roubaix. With the Blue Links program funded by the EU , the canal and the Marque were made navigable again and are now available for tourist use in particular.
Sports
With ES Wasquehal , the municipality has a football club that competed in the professional second division for several years around the turn of the millennium .
Personalities
- Pierre Herman (1910–1990), French politician, temporarily mayor of Wasquehal
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1428-1429.
Web links
- Official website (French, with a detailed account of the city's history)
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969