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Houplines

Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E / 50.6914; 2.9103
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Houplines
The town hall in Houplines
The town hall in Houplines
Coat of arms of Houplines
Location of Houplines
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Houplines is located in France
Houplines
Houplines
Houplines is located in Hauts-de-France
Houplines
Houplines
Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E / 50.6914; 2.9103
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonArmentières
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Legrand[1]
Area
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11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,897
 • Density700/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.

Houplines (French pronunciation: [uplin]; Dutch: Opline) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[3]

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 died in the area around the village during the First World War.

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

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 6,398—    
1975 7,403+2.11%
1982 7,924+0.98%
1990 7,609−0.51%
1999 7,907+0.43%
2007 7,570−0.54%
2012 7,791+0.58%
2017 7,805+0.04%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

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Arms of Houplines
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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