Warlaing

Warlaing is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Warlaing
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Warlaing
Warlaing
Warlaing
Coordinates: 50°24′40″N 3°19′34″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonSin-le-Noble
IntercommunalityCœur d'Ostrevent
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Patrice Bricout
Area
1
3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
579
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59642 /59870
Elevation16–19 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.

Heraldry
Arms of Warlaing
 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
YearPop.±%
2006549—    
2007562+2.4%
2008572+1.8%
2009578+1.0%
2010566−2.1%
2011554−2.1%
2012542−2.2%
2013553+2.0%
2014551−0.4%
2015560+1.6%
2016570+1.8%

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
  • The grotto of Lourdes
  • The lock of the Scarpe
  • The bascule bridge on the Scarpe
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gollark: Well, you should use minoteaur.
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gollark: I'm going to spend much more time doing ground-level travel and being stuck in traffic queues and whatever than I am thinking about the aesthetics of it by satellite.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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