Warneton

Warneton
Commune
Coat of arms
Warneton Location within Hauts-de-France region Warneton
Coordinates: 50°44′52″N 2°57′12″E / 50.7478°N 2.9533°E / 50.7478; 2.9533Coordinates: 50°44′52″N 2°57′12″E / 50.7478°N 2.9533°E / 50.7478; 2.9533
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Jacques Véroone
Area1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	230
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59643 /59560
Elevation	11–25 m (36–82 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

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

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Bounding communes and places

• Warneton, Belgium (part of Comines-Warneton)
• Comines, east
• Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, southeast
• Deûlémont, southwest

History

It was constituted into two zones and had its own mayor and its council. It was merged on June 7, 1946 with Warneton-Sud and Warneton-Bas

Heraldry

The arms of Warneton are blazoned : Argent, a fess gules. (the Béthune family and the communes of Cuts, Rosny-sur-Seine, Warneton and Noyon use the same arms.)

Population history

• 1962: 178
• 1968: 197
• 1975: 198
• 1982: 171
• 1990: 179
• 1999: 178

Points of interest

• A blockhaus, used during the advance of the Maginot Line.

People

• Saint John of Warneton

References

• INSEE commune file

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