Wasquehal

Wasquehal
Commune
Église Saint Clément
Coat of arms
Location of Wasquehal
Wasquehal Show map of France Wasquehal Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°40′10″N3°07′51″E / 50.6694°N 3.1308°E / 50.6694; 3.1308
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Croix
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Ducret [1]
Area 1	6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	20,836
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59646 /59290
Elevation	18–47 m (59–154 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wasquehal (traditional pronunciation [wakal] ; currently common pronunciation [waskal] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. ^[3]

The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as Waskenhal in the 11th century.

Geography

Wasquehal has an area of 6.86 km² (2.65 sq mi) and a population density of 2,702.8/km².

Héraldique

Arms of Wasquehal

The arms of Wasquehal are blazoned  : Chequy argent and gules, each argent piece charged with an ermine spot sable. or, more simply, Chequy ermine and gules.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,440 —     1800 1,262 −1.87% 1806 1,525 +3.21% 1821 1,622 +0.41% 1831 1,590 −0.20% 1836 1,672 +1.01% 1841 1,758 +1.01% 1846 2,034 +2.96% 1851 2,040 +0.06% 1856 2,200 +1.52% 1861 2,501 +2.60% 1866 2,731 +1.78% 1872 2,824 +0.56% 1876 3,061 +2.04% 1881 3,275 +1.36% 1886 3,688 +2.40% 1891 4,405 +3.62% 1896 4,901 +2.16%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,969 +4.02% 1906 6,703 +2.35% 1911 7,011 +0.90% 1921 7,041 +0.04% 1926 8,507 +3.86% 1931 11,707 +6.59% 1936 12,167 +0.77% 1946 11,741 −0.36% 1954 12,363 +0.65% 1962 13,634 +1.23% 1968 14,274 +0.77% 1975 16,391 +2.00% 1982 16,275 −0.10% 1990 17,986 +1.26% 1999 18,541 +0.34% 2007 18,989 +0.30% 2012 20,536 +1.58% 2017 20,479 −0.06%
Source: EHESS [4] and INSEE (1968-2017) [5]

Sport

Wasquehal hosted the finish of stage 4 of the 1989 Tour de France, won by Jelle Nijdam, and the finish of stage 5 the 1992 Tour de France, won by Guido Bontempi. The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France also finished in Wasquehal. Jean-Patrick Nazon won the mass sprint ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen. Wasquehal also hosted the start of stage 7 of the 1988 Tour de France, and the start of stage 3 of the 1996 Tour de France.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Wasquehal is twinned with: ^[6]

• Beyne-Heusay, Belgium

See also

• ES Wasquehal
• 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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wasquehal, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "Jumelage Wasquehal renoue avec la ville de Beyne-Heusay (B)". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). La Voix du Nord. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)