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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>Wasquehal has an area of 6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi) and a population density of 2,702.8/km2. </p> <h3>Héraldique</h3> <h2 id="population">Population</h2> Historical population<table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1793 </th><td>1,440</td><td>— </td></tr><tr><th>1800 </th><td>1,262</td><td>−1.87%</td></tr><tr><th>1806 </th><td>1,525</td><td>+3.21%</td></tr><tr><th>1821 </th><td>1,622</td><td>+0.41%</td></tr><tr><th>1831 </th><td>1,590</td><td>−0.20%</td></tr><tr><th>1836 </th><td>1,672</td><td>+1.01%</td></tr><tr><th>1841 </th><td>1,758</td><td>+1.01%</td></tr><tr><th>1846 </th><td>2,034</td><td>+2.96%</td></tr><tr><th>1851 </th><td>2,040</td><td>+0.06%</td></tr><tr><th>1856 </th><td>2,200</td><td>+1.52%</td></tr><tr><th>1861 </th><td>2,501</td><td>+2.60%</td></tr><tr><th>1866 </th><td>2,731</td><td>+1.78%</td></tr><tr><th>1872 </th><td>2,824</td><td>+0.56%</td></tr><tr><th>1876 </th><td>3,061</td><td>+2.04%</td></tr><tr><th>1881 </th><td>3,275</td><td>+1.36%</td></tr><tr><th>1886 </th><td>3,688</td><td>+2.40%</td></tr><tr><th>1891 </th><td>4,405</td><td>+3.62%</td></tr><tr><th>1896 </th><td>4,901</td><td>+2.16%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1901 </th><td>5,969</td><td>+4.02%</td></tr><tr><th>1906 </th><td>6,703</td><td>+2.35%</td></tr><tr><th>1911 </th><td>7,011</td><td>+0.90%</td></tr><tr><th>1921 </th><td>7,041</td><td>+0.04%</td></tr><tr><th>1926 </th><td>8,507</td><td>+3.86%</td></tr><tr><th>1931 </th><td>11,707</td><td>+6.59%</td></tr><tr><th>1936 </th><td>12,167</td><td>+0.77%</td></tr><tr><th>1946 </th><td>11,741</td><td>−0.36%</td></tr><tr><th>1954 </th><td>12,363</td><td>+0.65%</td></tr><tr><th>1962 </th><td>13,634</td><td>+1.23%</td></tr><tr><th>1968 </th><td>14,274</td><td>+0.77%</td></tr><tr><th>1975 </th><td>16,391</td><td>+2.00%</td></tr><tr><th>1982 </th><td>16,275</td><td>−0.10%</td></tr><tr><th>1990 </th><td>17,986</td><td>+1.26%</td></tr><tr><th>1999 </th><td>18,541</td><td>+0.34%</td></tr><tr><th>2007 </th><td>18,989</td><td>+0.30%</td></tr><tr><th>2012 </th><td>20,536</td><td>+1.58%</td></tr><tr><th>2017 </th><td>20,479</td><td>−0.06%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: EHESS<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> and INSEE (1968-2017)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="sport">Sport</h2> <p>Wasquehal hosted the finish of stage 4 of the <a href="/facts/1989_Tour_de_France/8fN3T5t4">1989 Tour de France</a>, won by <a href="/facts/Jelle_Nijdam/GdxAf4c3">Jelle Nijdam</a>, and the finish of stage 5 the <a href="/facts/1992_Tour_de_France/B4C2Y59b">1992 Tour de France</a>, won by <a href="/facts/Guido_Bontempi/RH52cAgB">Guido Bontempi</a>. The third stage of the <a href="/facts/2004_Tour_de_France/jJy8AeRc">2004 Tour de France</a> also finished in Wasquehal. <a href="/facts/Jean-Patrick_Nazon/pxKAGmPJ">Jean-Patrick Nazon</a> won the mass sprint ahead of <a href="/facts/Erik_Zabel/TEsXw7Sb">Erik Zabel</a> and <a href="/facts/Robbie_McEwen/Hat5Pxhk">Robbie McEwen</a>. Wasquehal also hosted the start of stage 7 of the <a href="/facts/1988_Tour_de_France/b8xM5H6V">1988 Tour de France</a>, and the start of stage 3 of the <a href="/facts/1996_Tour_de_France/opDKSRgY">1996 Tour de France</a>. </p> <h2 id="twin-towns--sister-cities">Twin towns – sister cities</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_France/UzMtoRdP">List of twin towns and sister cities in France</a></p> <p>Wasquehal is <a href="/facts/Sister_city/NVzDyA7v">twinned</a> with:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j"></a> <a href="/facts/Beyne-Heusay/fFDNF026">Beyne-Heusay</a>, Belgium</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ES_Wasquehal/8eIDTJfr">ES Wasquehal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Nord_department/cPSCzqaw">Communes of the Nord department</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wasquehal. <ul><li><a href="http://www.ville-wasquehal.fr/">Official website</a> (in French)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>INSEE commune file <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59646-wasquehal" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59646-wasquehal</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wasquehal, EHESS (in French). <a href="http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=41207" target="_blank">http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=41207</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59646#ancre-POP_T1" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59646#ancre-POP_T1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Jumelage Wasquehal renoue avec la ville de Beyne-Heusay (B)". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). La Voix du Nord. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021. <a href="https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/443812/article/2018-09-06/wasquehal-renoue-avec-la-ville-de-beyne-heusay-b" target="_blank">https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/443812/article/2018-09-06/wasquehal-renoue-avec-la-ville-de-beyne-heusay-b</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>