Wavrin

Wavrin
Wavrin
Location within Hauts-de-France region Wavrin
Coordinates: 50°34′27″N 2°56′23″E / 50.5742°N 2.9397°E / 50.5742; 2.9397Coordinates: 50°34′27″N 2°56′23″E / 50.5742°N 2.9397°E / 50.5742; 2.9397
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Haubourdin
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Alain Blondeau
Area¹	13.55 km² (5.23 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	7,633
• Density	560/km² (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59653 / 59136
Elevation	18–40 m (59–131 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 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.

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

Its foundation was around the year 1020.

Heraldry

	The arms of Wavrin are blazoned : Azure, an inescutcheon argent. (Gouzeaucourt, Saint-Jean-de-Vals, Ramburelles, Saint-Menge, Colombey-les-Belles and Ostreville use the same arms.)

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Communes of the European Metropolis of Lille

Anstaing Armentières Baisieux La Bassée Beaucamps-Ligny Bondues Bousbecque Bouvines Capinghem La Chapelle-d'Armentières Chéreng Comines Croix Deûlémont Don Emmerin Englos Ennetières-en-Weppes Erquinghem-le-Sec Erquinghem-Lys Escobecques Fâches-Thumesnil Forest-sur-Marque Fournes-en-Weppes Frelinghien Fretin Gruson Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Halluin Hantay Haubourdin Hem Herlies Houplin-Ancoisne Houplines Illies Lambersart Lannoy Leers Lesquin Lezennes Lille (includes the associate-communes of Hellemmes and Lomme) Linselles Lompret Loos Lys-lez-Lannoy La Madeleine Marcq-en-Barœul Marquette-lez-Lille Marquillies Mons-en-Barœul Mouvaux Neuville-en-Ferrain Noyelles-lès-Seclin Pérenchies Péronne-en-Mélantois Prémesques Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Ronchin Roncq Roubaix Sailly-lez-Lannoy Sainghin-en-Mélantois Sainghin-en-Weppes Saint-André-lez-Lille Salomé Santes Seclin Sequedin Templemars Toufflers Tourcoing Tressin Vendeville Verlinghem Villeneuve d'Ascq Wambrechies Warneton Wasquehal Wattignies Wattrelos Wavrin Wervicq-Sud Wicres Willems

Communes of the Nord department

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