Villers-Outréaux

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Villers-Outréaux

(2020–2026) Patrice Quévreux^[1]Area

7.09 km² (2.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,156 • Density300/km² (790/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59624 /59142

Elevation113–147 m (371–482 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-Outréaux (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ utʁeo]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,533	—
1975	2,714	+0.99%
1982	2,576	−0.74%
1990	2,421	−0.77%
1999	2,184	−1.14%
2007	2,165	−0.11%
2012	2,121	−0.41%
2017	2,110	−0.10%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Villers-Outréaux are blazoned :
Gules, a cross indented Or.

History

A German airbase was in the town in WW-I.

War memorial

In September 2018 the villagers of Villers-Outréaux dedicated an especially commissioned memorial to commemorate British soldier Jack Williams (VC), (Victoria Cross), to express their thanks for helping to save their village from certain destruction, in 1918

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE