Warlaing

Warlaing
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Warlaing
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Coordinates: 50°24′40″N 3°19′34″E / 50.4111°N 3.3261°E / 50.4111; 3.3261
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Bricout[1]
Area 1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	594
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59642 /59870
Elevation	16–19 m (52–62 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Warlaing (French pronunciation: [waʁlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Heraldry[edit]

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

Population[edit]

Sites and monuments[edit]

• Church of our Lady of the Assumption, built around 1852 by Lille architect Charles Leroy, who was the designer of many religious buildings in northern France, including the Notre-Dame de la Treille cathedral.
• The Château de Warlaing, now in ruins, was destroyed by the armies of Louis XIV.
• The Scarpe, its lock and bridge.

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  The road into Warlaing
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  The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
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  The grotto of Lourdes
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  The lock of the Scarpe
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  The bascule bridge on the Scarpe

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Nord department

References[edit]

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