Wanquetin

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Emmanuel Ioos^[1]Area10.18 km² (3.93 sq mi)Population727 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation82–141 m (269–463 ft)
(avg. 91 m or 299 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wanquetin (French pronunciation: [wɑ̃ktɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Wanquetin is situated some 7.5 miles (12 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D59 and the D7 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	560	—
1975	602	+1.04%
1982	642	+0.92%
1990	682	+0.76%
1999	639	−0.72%
2007	687	+0.91%
2012	714	+0.77%
2017	719	+0.14%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century
• A nineteenth-century Protestant church
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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