Wahagnies

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Wahagnies

(2020–2026) Alain Bos^[1]Area

5.69 km² (2.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,605 • Density460/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59630 /59261

Elevation27–66 m (89–217 ft)
(avg. 33 m or 108 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wahagnies (French pronunciation: [va.aɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is situated between Flandre and Artois and has a distance of 20 km to Lille and 35 km to Arras. It covers an area of approximately 569 ha (2.20 sq mi).^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,504	—
1975	3,190	+3.52%
1982	2,911	−1.30%
1990	2,674	−1.06%
1999	2,689	+0.06%
2007	2,599	−0.42%
2012	2,616	+0.13%
2017	2,598	−0.14%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Wahagnies are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron argent between 2 anchors and a cow passant Or, a chief per pale 1 Gules, a mitre Or, and 2 paly Or and gules.

Twin towns

Wahagnies is twinned with Böhl-Iggelheim (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

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
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wahagnies, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE