Wasquehal

French commune
nomcommune=Wasquehal


x = 150
y = 24
lat_long=coord|50|40|10|N|3|7|51|E
insee=59646
cp=59290
région=Nord-Pas de Calais
département=Nord
arrondissement=Lille
canton=Roubaix-Ouest| maire=Gérard Vignoble
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Urban Community of
Lille Métropole
alt mini=18 m
alt maxi=47 m
km²=6.86
sans=formatnum:18,541
date-sans=1999
dens=formatnum:2,702.8
date-dens=1999

Wasquehal is a municipality in the arrondissement of Lille, department Nord, region of Nord-Pas de Calais, France. Wasquehal had 18,541 inhabitants in 1999. The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as "Waskenhal" in the 11th century.

The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France finished in Wasquehal. Jean-Patrick Nazon won the mass sprint ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen.

Geography

Wasquehal has an area of 6.86 km² and a population density of 2,702.8/km².

Demography

The figure below shows the population between 1960 and 1999.

ImageSize = width:250 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1960 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1960 PlotData = bar:27000 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:18000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:9000 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 LineData = layer:front points:(48,106)(84,110) color:blue width:2 #1962 tot 1968. Inwonertal 1962: 13634 1968: 14274 points:(84,110)(100,123) color:blue width:2 #1975: 16391 points:(100,123)(128,122) color:blue width:2 #1982: 16275 points:(128,122)(160,133) color:blue width:2 #1990: 17986 points:(160,133)(196,137) color:blue width:2 #1999: 18541

Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

ister city

Wasquehal is twinned with:
*flagicon|Belgium Beyne-Heusay

ee also

*ES Wasquehal

External links

* [http://www.ville-wasquehal.fr/ Official website] fr

Nord-geo-stub.