Wattignies

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Wattignies
Wattignies Coat of Arms
Wattignies (France)
Wattignies
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Faches-Thumesnil
Community association Métropole Européenne de Lille
Coordinates 50 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 3'  E
height 21-54 m
surface 6.31 km 2
Residents 14,549 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,306 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59139
INSEE code
Website www.mairie-wattignies.com/

Victory Monument in Wattignies

Wattignies ( Flemish : Wattenijs ) is a French municipality with 14,549 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France .

geography

The municipality is located in the metropolitan area south of Lille , about seven kilometers from the city center. Neighboring communities are Faches-Thumesnil in the north-east and east, Templemars in the south-east, Seclin and Noyelles-lès-Seclin in the south, Emmerin in the west and Loos-lez-Lille in the north-west. Lille Airport is on the other side of the municipality's eastern border.

history

The place was first mentioned as Watteniis in 1076. The church of Saint-Lambert was built in the pre-Gothic period. With the second crusade the church was expanded. The first château was built in the 12th century, another at the beginning of the 17th century (around 1610). In 1708 the battle of Lille took place here as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1793 the Battle of Wattignies was fought in the First Coalition War . In 1846 the Paris-Lille line was built. This also gave Wattignies (with the neighboring town of Templemars ) a train station.

Community partnerships

Wattignies has parish partnerships with the following parishes:

Attractions

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1487-1489.

Web links

Commons : Wattignies  - collection of images, videos and audio files