Wambrechies

Wambrechies
Commune
The town hall in Wambrechies
Coat of arms
Location of Wambrechies
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Coordinates: 50°41′10″N 3°02′58″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-1
Intercommunality	Lille
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Daniel Janssens
Area 1	16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	10,798
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59636 /59118
Elevation	13–26 m (43–85 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wambrechies (Dutch: Wemmersijs) is a commune in the Nord department, in the region Hauts-de-France, in northern France. It is part of the European Metropolis of Lille. It has a population of around 10.950 habitants.

Geography

Wambrechies is situated to the north of Lille, it is bordered by the neighbouring communes of Marquette-lez-Lille (to the southeast), Saint André-lez-Lille (to the south), Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (to the northwest) and Bondues (to the northeast). The Deûle canal runs from north to south through the town.

Heraldry

Arms of Wambrechies

The arms of Wambrechies are blazoned : Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2005	9,414	—
2006	9,841	+4.5%
2007	9,875	+0.3%
2008	9,828	−0.5%
2009	9,786	−0.4%
2010	9,745	−0.4%
2011	9,705	−0.4%
2012	9,665	−0.4%
2013	9,854	+2.0%
2014	10,008	+1.6%
2015	10,162	+1.5%
2016	10,539	+3.7%
2017	10,948	+3.9%

Twin towns

Kempen, Germany since 1972.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file