Warneton

This article is about the French municipality. For the Belgian village, see Warneton, Belgium.

Warneton
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Warneton
Warneton Warneton
Coordinates: 50°44′52″N 2°57′12″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Lille
Government
• Mayor (2016-2020)	Yvon Pétronin
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (2016)2	239
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59643 /59560
Elevation	11–25 m (36–82 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Warneton is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Bounding communes and places

• Warneton, Belgium (part of Comines-Warneton)
• Comines, east
• Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, southeast
• Deûlémont, southwest

History

It was constituted into two zones and had its own mayor and its council. It was merged on June 7, 1946 with Warneton-Sud and Warneton-Bas

Heraldry

The arms of Warneton are blazoned : Argent, a fess gules. (the Béthune family and the communes of Cuts, Rosny-sur-Seine, Warneton and Noyon use the same arms.)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	189	—
2007	189	+0.0%
2008	191	+1.1%
2009	198	+3.7%
2010	211	+6.6%
2011	224	+6.2%
2012	224	+0.0%
2013	225	+0.4%
2014	230	+2.2%
2015	234	+1.7%
2016	239	+2.1%

Points of interest

• A blockhaus, used during the advance of the Maginot Line.

People

• Saint John of Warneton

References

• INSEE commune file