Wasquehal

Wasquehal
Église Saint Clément
Wasquehal
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wasquehal
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Roubaix-Ouest
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (since 2014)	Stéphanie Ducret (UDI)
Area1	6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	18,541
• Density	2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France finished in Wasquehal. Jean-Patrick Nazon won the mass sprint ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen.

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.

Demography

Historical population of Wasquehal

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	13634	14274	16391	16275	17986	18541	18936
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Sister city

Wasquehal is twinned with Beyne-Heusay (Belgium)

See also

• ES Wasquehal
• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website (French)