- Wattignies
:"For the town in Nord, site of the
Battle of Wattignies (1793) , seeWattignies-la-Victoire ."French commune|nomcommune=Wattignies
région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
département=Nord| arrondissement=Lille
canton=Seclin-Nord
insee=59648 |cp=59139
maire=Yves Smets |mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Lille Métropole
longitude=3.043889
latitude=50.585556
alt moy=35 m
alt mini= |alt maxi=52 m
hectares=631 |km²=6.31 |sans=14,440
date-sans=1999
dens=2,287
date-dens=1999Wattignies is a commune of the Nord "département", in northern
France .Neighboring communes
Lille ,Faches-Thumesnil ,Templemars ,Noyelles-lès-Seclin ,Seclin and Loos.Twin towns
Wattignies is twinned with:
*Broadstairs ,United Kingdom - since 1982
*Rodenkirchen ,Germany - since 1973External links
* [http://www.mairie-wattignies.com/index.asp Town council website]
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