Wicres
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Wicres Wijker |
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Annœullin | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 34 ' N , 2 ° 52' E | |
| height | 26-39 m | |
| surface | 2.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 498 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 180 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59134 | |
| INSEE code | 59658 | |
| Website | http://mairiewicres.free.fr/ | |
Wicres ( Flemish : Wijker ) is a French municipality with 498 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 Annœullin (until 2015: canton La Bassée ). The inhabitants are called Wicrois .
geography
Wicres is about 15 kilometers west-southwest of Lille . Wicres is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Herlies in the north and north-west, Fournes-en-Weppes in the north-east, Sainghin-en-Weppes in the east, Marquillies in the south and Illies in the west and south-west.
The National Route 41 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 325 | 303 | 284 | 296 | 326 | 306 | 312 | 498 |
Attractions
- Saint-Vaast church, originally from the Middle Ages, rebuilt in 1895, partly destroyed in the First World War
- German military cemetery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 210-211.
Web links
Commons : Wicres - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Wicres in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture