Wattrelos
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Commune of Wattrelos |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Roubaix-Est Roubaix-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Dominique Baert (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 29 m (avg.) |
| Land area¹ | 13.44 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
42,753 |
| - Density | 3,179/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59650/ 59150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Wattrelos (Dutch: Waterloos; older forms: Waterlooz or Waterlos) is a commune in the Northern department and the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. It is located on the border with Belgium, northeast of the city of Lille. It the fifth-largest component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lille Métropole. In the 1999 census, Wattrelos had a population of 42,753. The name is literally of the same meaning as Waterloo (which is "Water-less", see los, loo, loos, lose), of which they both are now Dutch in name, although The Saxon or Frankish in origin.
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