Warlaing

Warlaing
The town hall
Coat of arms
Warlaing
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Warlaing
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Marchiennes
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrice Bricout
Area1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	461
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59642 / 59870
Elevation	16–19 m (52–62 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 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.

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

Heraldry

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

Sites and monuments

• Church of our Lady of the Assumption, built around 1852 by Lille architect Charles Leroy, who was the designer of many religious buildings in northern France, including the Notre-Dame de la Treille cathedral.
• The Château de Warlaing, now in ruins, was destroyed by the armies of Louis XIV.
• The Scarpe, its lock and bridge.

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  The road into Warlaing

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  The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

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  The grotto of Lourdes

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  The lock of the Scarpe

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  The bascule bridge on the Scarpe

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file