Warlaing

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Patrice Bricout^[1]Area3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi)Population594 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation16–19 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.

Warlaing (French pronunciation: [waʁlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

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.)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	359	—
1975	352	−0.28%
1982	340	−0.49%
1990	381	+1.43%
1999	461	+2.14%
2007	562	+2.51%
2012	542	−0.72%
2017	579	+1.33%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.

• 
  The road into Warlaing
• 
  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