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Wasquehal
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

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

The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as Waskenhal in the 11th century.

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Geography

Wasquehal has an area of 6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi) and a population density of 2,702.8/km2.

Héraldique

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,440—    
1800 1,262−1.87%
1806 1,525+3.21%
1821 1,622+0.41%
1831 1,590−0.20%
1836 1,672+1.01%
1841 1,758+1.01%
1846 2,034+2.96%
1851 2,040+0.06%
1856 2,200+1.52%
1861 2,501+2.60%
1866 2,731+1.78%
1872 2,824+0.56%
1876 3,061+2.04%
1881 3,275+1.36%
1886 3,688+2.40%
1891 4,405+3.62%
1896 4,901+2.16%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,969+4.02%
1906 6,703+2.35%
1911 7,011+0.90%
1921 7,041+0.04%
1926 8,507+3.86%
1931 11,707+6.59%
1936 12,167+0.77%
1946 11,741−0.36%
1954 12,363+0.65%
1962 13,634+1.23%
1968 14,274+0.77%
1975 16,391+2.00%
1982 16,275−0.10%
1990 17,986+1.26%
1999 18,541+0.34%
2007 18,989+0.30%
2012 20,536+1.58%
2017 20,479−0.06%
Source: EHESS2 and INSEE (1968-2017)3

Sport

Wasquehal hosted the finish of stage 4 of the 1989 Tour de France, won by Jelle Nijdam, and the finish of stage 5 the 1992 Tour de France, won by Guido Bontempi. The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France also finished in Wasquehal. Jean-Patrick Nazon won the mass sprint ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen. Wasquehal also hosted the start of stage 7 of the 1988 Tour de France, and the start of stage 3 of the 1996 Tour de France.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Wasquehal is twinned with:4

See also

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References

  1. INSEE commune file https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59646-wasquehal ↩

  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wasquehal, EHESS (in French). http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=41207 ↩

  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59646#ancre-POP_T1 ↩

  4. "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. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/443812/article/2018-09-06/wasquehal-renoue-avec-la-ville-de-beyne-heusay-b ↩