Houplines

Houplines
Houplines
Commune
	The town hall in Houplines
	Coat of arms
	Location of Houplines
	Houplines Houplines
	Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″E / 50.6914°N 2.9103°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Legrand
Area 1	11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population (2021)	7,897
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59317 /59116
Elevation	12–20 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

First World War

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

Population

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.)