Warlaing

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

Warlaing
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Warlaing
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Coordinates: 50°24′40″N 3°19′34″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Sin-le-Noble
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Bricout
Area 1	3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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.

Heraldry

Arms of Warlaing

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	359	—
1975	352	−0.28%
1982	340	−0.49%
1990	381	+1.43%
1999	461	+2.14%
2007	562	+2.51%
2012	542	−0.72%
2017	579	+1.33%
Source: INSEE

Sites and monuments

• 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.

• 
  The road into Warlaing
• 
  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
• 
  The bascule bridge on the Scarpe

See also

• Communes of the Nord department