Wattrelos

Wattrelos is a city in northern France near Lille in Nord, in the Nord -Pas -de- Calais to the border with Belgium. The city area is 1,362 hectares in size and has 41 538 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

Adjacent cities are in France Tourcoing, Roubaix and Leers, Belgium Mouscron and Estaimpuis.

History

1030 The first time the name " Wattrelos " mentioned in a document. On December 27, 1566, it comes at the gates of the city to the massacre of the Flemish " Beggars " by the troops of the Duke of Alba, to which remembers to this day the festival " Fête des Berlouffes " every second weekend in September. The plague raged in 1646 Wattrelos. From 1777 "Rapport de Turgot ' dated on freedom of textile manufacturing. The foundation stone for the hospital falls to the year 1895, the town hall, 1911.

Twin Cities

Wattrelos has a Polish, a Portuguese, and two German partner cities: Eschweiler in North Rhine -Westphalia since 1973, Guarda (Portugal ) since 1990, Köthen, Saxony- Anhalt and Siemianowice Śląskie since 1993 There are in Wattrelos a " Square d' Eschweiler ". . In Eschweiler, there is a " Rue de Wattrelos " at the motorway junction on the A 4 and Köthen there is a " Wattrelos - ring " in the industrial area west.

Personalities

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lille Cantons of France Postal codes in France Geuzen Guarda Municipality, Portugal Capinghem Comines, Nord Croix (Nord) Erquinghem-Lys Frelinghien Halluin Haubourdin Hem (Nord) Houplines La Madeleine (Nord) Lambersart Lannoy (Nord) Lesquin Linselles Lompret Lys-lez-Lannoy Marquette-lez-Lille Mouvaux Ronchin Santes Seclin Vendeville Verlinghem Wambrechies Wasquehal Wavrin Aubers Bauvin Bois-Grenier Battle of Bouvines Cysoing Fromelles Genech Thumeries Wannehain
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