Wahagnies

Wahagnies
Wahagnies
	Commune
	The road into Wahagnies
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wahagnies
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	Coordinates: 50°29′11″N 3°02′12″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Annœullin
Intercommunality	Pévèle Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2015-2020)	Alain Bos
Area 1	5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	2,598
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59630 /59261
Elevation	27–66 m (89–217 ft) ; (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

The commune is situated between Flandre and Artois and has a distance of 20 km to Lille and 35 km to Arras. It covers an area of approximately 569 ha (5.7 km²).[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	2,606	—
2007	2,599	−0.3%
2008	2,591	−0.3%
2009	2,590	−0.0%
2010	2,588	−0.1%
2011	2,585	−0.1%
2012	2,616	+1.2%
2013	2,618	+0.1%
2014	2,616	−0.1%
2015	2,611	−0.2%
2016	2,606	−0.2%

Heraldry

Arms of Wahagnies	The arms of Wahagnies are blazoned : Azure, a chevron argent between 2 anchors and a cow passant Or, a chief per pale 1 Gules, a mitre Or, and 2 paly Or and gules.

Twin towns

Wahagnies is twinned with Böhl-Iggelheim (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"Wahagnies, 59261 | Frankreich-Experte". www.frankreich-experte.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-22.

INSEE commune file

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] "Wahagnies, 59261 | Frankreich-Experte". www.frankreich-experte.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-22.