Wavrin

Wavrin
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Annœullin
Community association	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Coordinates	50 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  E
height	18-40 m
surface	13.55 km 2
Residents	7,676 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	566 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59136
INSEE code	59653
Website	http://www.ville-wavrin.fr
Wavrin Town Hall

Wavrin (NDL .: "Waveren") is a French municipality with 7676 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and the canton of Annœullin .

Population development

• 1962: 5.308
• 1968: 5,819
• 1975: 6.187
• 1982: 6,788
• 1990: 7,477
• 1999: 7,633
• 2017: 7,676

Personalities

• Robert de Wavrin, Seneschal of Flanders, † 1169
• Hellin de Wavrin , Seneschal of Flanders, † 1191
• Roger de Wavrin , Bishop of Cambrai, † 1191
• Robert de Wavrin , Marshal of France , † 1360
• Jean de Wavrin , around 1400 – after 1471

See also

• List of monuments historiques in Wavrin

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 792-794.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969