Wambrechies

Wambrechies

Wemmersijs
Wambrechies Wemmersijs
Commune
	The town hall in Wambrechies
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wambrechies
	Wambrechies Wambrechies
	Coordinates: 50°41′10″N 3°02′58″E / 50.6861°N 3.0494°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-1
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sébastien Brogniart
Area 1	16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population (2021)	10,798
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59636 /59118
Elevation	13–26 m (43–85 ft) ; (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wambrechies (French pronunciation: [wɑ̃bʁəʃi]; West Flemish: Wemmersijs; Picard: Vamberchi) is a commune in the Nord department, in the region Hauts-de-France, in northern France. It is part of the European Metropolis of Lille.^[3] It has a population of around 10,600 (2019).

Geography

Wambrechies is situated to the north of Lille, it is bordered by the neighbouring communes of Marquette-lez-Lille (to the southeast), Saint André-lez-Lille (to the south), Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (to the northwest) and Bondues (to the northeast). The Deûle canal runs from north to south through the town.

Heraldry

Arms of Wambrechies	The arms of Wambrechies are blazoned : Or, a cross engrailed gules. (Artres, Bettrechies, Cerfontaine, Denain, Eth, Lesquin, Obies, Quérénaing, Semousies, Wambrechies and Warlaing use the same arms.)