Wattignies-la-Victoire

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Wattignies-la-Victoire

(2020–2026) Vincent Quevallier^[1]Area

6.31 km² (2.44 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

241 • Density38/km² (99/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59649 /59680

Elevation147–205 m (482–673 ft)
(avg. 206 m or 676 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wattignies-la-Victoire (French pronunciation: [watiɲi la viktwaʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France.^[3] It is close to the site of the Battle of Wattignies, fought in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which the French scored a victory over Austria.

Heraldry

The arms of Wattignies-la-Victoire are blazoned :

Gules, a bend vair. (Neuf-Mesnil and Wattignies-la-Victoire use the same arms.)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	238	—
1975	216	−1.38%
1982	239	+1.46%
1990	224	−0.81%
1999	233	+0.44%
2007	270	+1.86%
2012	250	−1.53%
2017	243	−0.57%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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