Wasnes-au-Bac

Wasnes-au-Bac
Commune
The town hall in Wasnes-au-Bac
Coat of arms
Location of Wasnes-au-Bac
Wasnes-au-Bac Show map of France Wasnes-au-Bac Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°16′17″N3°15′36″E / 50.2714°N 3.26°E / 50.2714; 3.26
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Denain
Intercommunality	CA Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Avé-Delattre [1]
Area 1	5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2023) [2]	604
• Density	116/km2 (301/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59645 /59252
Elevation	32–63 m (105–207 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wasnes-au-Bac (French pronunciation: [wanobak] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. ^[3]

• 
  Saint Martin's Church
• 
• 
  The old cemetery

Heraldry

Arms of Wasnes-au-Bac

The arms of Wasnes-au-Bac are blazoned  : Azure, 3 garbs Or. (in addition to the following, other places use similar arms, but with the garbs tied different colours Chaumes-en-Brie, Bonnétable, Capelle-Fermont, Estevelles, Saint-Sever-Calvados, Gerberoy and Wasnes-au-Bac use the same arms.)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	500	—
1975	476	−0.70%
1982	446	−0.93%
1990	483	+1.00%
1999	512	+0.65%
2007	564	+1.22%
2012	584	+0.70%
2017	609	+0.84%
Source: INSEE [4]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE