Wahagnies

Wahagnies
Wahagnies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wahagnies
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality	Sud Pévélois
Mayor	Jean-Marie Ruant (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	27–66 m (89–217 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
Land area1	5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population2	2,689  (1999)
- Density	473 /km2 (1,230 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59630/ 59261
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Heraldry

The arms of Wahagnies are blazoned : Azure, a chevron argent between 2 anchors and a cow passant Or, a chief per pale 1 Gules, a mitre Or, and 2 paly Or and gules.

Twin towns

Wahagnies is twinned with Böhl-Iggelheim (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file