Houplines

Houplines
Houplines
Commune
	The town hall in Houplines
	Coat of arms
	Location of Houplines
	Houplines Houplines
	Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-François Legrand
Area 1	11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population (2021)	7,897
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59317 /59116
Elevation	12–20 m (39–66 ft) ; (avg. 14 m or 46 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containing the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the area around the village during the First World War.

Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.

Heraldry

Arms of Houplines	The arms of Houplines are blazoned : Sable, a chief argent. (Ennetières-en-Weppes, Houplines and Sailly-lez-Lannoy use the same arms.)