Warlaing

Warlaing (French pronunciation: [waʁlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Warlaing
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Warlaing
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Coordinates: 50°24′40″N 3°19′34″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Bricout[1]
Area 1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	599
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59642 /59870
Elevation	16–19 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	359	—
1975	352	−0.28%
1982	340	−0.49%
1990	381	+1.43%
1999	461	+2.14%
2007	562	+2.51%
2012	542	−0.72%
2017	579	+1.33%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.

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  The road into Warlaing
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  The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
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  The grotto of Lourdes
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  The lock of the Scarpe
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  The bascule bridge on the Scarpe

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE