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Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°ECoordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°02′38″E / 50.5856°N 3.0439°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Nord | |
Arrondissement | Lille | |
Canton | Faches-Thumesnil | |
Intercommunality | MEL | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Alain Pluss | |
Area1 | 6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi) | |
Population (2014)2 | 14,190 | |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 59648 /59139 | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Wattignies (Dutch Wattenijs) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies to the south-west of the Lille conurbation. It covers an area of 6.31 square kilometres (2.44 sq mi), and as at 1999 its population was 14,440.
Lille, Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille.
Wattignies is twinned with: