Houplines
Houplines | |
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The town hall in Houplines | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Houplines | |
Houplines Houplines | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Armentières |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Legrand[1] |
Area 1 | 11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,907 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59317 /59116 |
| Elevation | 12–20 m (39–66 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Houplines (French pronunciation: [uplin]; Dutch: Opline) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[3]
Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containing the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who died in the area around the village during the First World War.
Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 6,398 | — |
| 1975 | 7,403 | +2.11% |
| 1982 | 7,924 | +0.98% |
| 1990 | 7,609 | −0.51% |
| 1999 | 7,907 | +0.43% |
| 2007 | 7,570 | −0.54% |
| 2012 | 7,791 | +0.58% |
| 2017 | 7,805 | +0.04% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
| The arms of Houplines are blazoned : Sable, a chief argent. (Ennetières-en-Weppes, and Sailly-lez-Lannoy use the same arms.)
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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