Houplines

Houplines
Commune
Coat of arms
Houplines Location within Hauts-de-France region Houplines
Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E / 50.6914; 2.9103Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E / 50.6914; 2.9103
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Deruyter
Area1	11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	7,907
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59317 /59116
Elevation	12–20 m (39–66 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Houplines is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containing the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the area around the village during the First World War.

Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.

Heraldry

The arms of Houplines are blazoned : Sable, a chief argent. (Ennetières-en-Weppes, Houplines and Sailly-lez-Lannoy use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Houplines.

• Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension