Wahagnies

Wahagnies

Coat of arms
Wahagnies

Coordinates: 50°29′11″N 3°02′12″E / 50.4864°N 3.0367°E / 50.4864; 3.0367Coordinates: 50°29′11″N 3°02′12″E / 50.4864°N 3.0367°E / 50.4864; 3.0367
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality Sud Pévélois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Marie Ruant
Area1 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,689
  Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Heraldry

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)

See also

References

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