Wattrelos

Wattrelos

French commune|nomcommune=Wattrelos
région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
département=Nord| arrondissement=Lille
canton=Roubaix-Est
Roubaix-Nord
insee=59650 |cp=59150
maire=Dominique Baert |mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Lille Métropole
longitude=3.217 |latitude=50.700
alt moy=29 m |alt mini= |alt maxi=
hectares=1,344
km²=13.44
sans=42,753
date-sans=1999
dens=3,179 |date-dens=1999

Wattrelos ( _nl. Waterloos; older forms: "Waterlooz" or "Waterlos") is a "commune" in the Northern "department" and the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. It the fifth-largest component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lille Métropole. In the 1999 census, Wattrelos had a population of 42,753. The name is literally of the same meaning as Waterloo (which is "Water-less", see los, loo, loos, lose), of which they both are now Dutch in name, although Saxon or Frankish in origin.

External links

* [http://www.ville-wattrelos.fr/ Official website]


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