Houplines

Houplines (French pronunciation: ​[uplin]; Dutch: Opline) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Houplines
Commune
The town hall in Houplines
Coat of arms
Location of Houplines
Houplines
Houplines
Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonArmentières
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Legrand[1]
Area
1
11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
7,782
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59317 /59116
Elevation12–20 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.

It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

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 lost their lives in the area around the village during the First World War.

Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.

Heraldry
Arms of Houplines
 The arms of Houplines are blazoned :

Sable, a chief argent. (Ennetières-en-Weppes, Houplines and Sailly-lez-Lannoy use the same arms.)



See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.


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