Linselles

Coordinates: 50°44′17″N 3°04′50″E / 50.7381°N 3.0806°E / 50.7381; 3.0806
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Linselles
Commune
The church in Linselles
The church in Linselles
Coat of arms of Linselles
Coat of arms
Location of Linselles
Map
Linselles is located in France
Linselles
Linselles
Linselles is located in Hauts-de-France
Linselles
Linselles
Coordinates: 50°44′17″N 3°04′50″E / 50.7381°N 3.0806°E / 50.7381; 3.0806
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonLambersart
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2022–2026) Isabelle Pollet[1]
Area
1
11.71 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
8,192
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59352 /59126
Elevation17–52 m (56–171 ft)
(avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Linselles (French pronunciation: [lɛ̃sɛl]; Dutch: Linsele; Picard: Linséles) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[3]

On 17 August 1793, during the War of the First Coalition, it was the site of the Battle of Lincelles, a victory for a combined British and Dutch force against those of Revolutionary France.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,796—    
1975 6,504+1.66%
1982 6,754+0.54%
1990 7,674+1.61%
1999 7,876+0.29%
2007 8,242+0.57%
2012 8,104−0.34%
2017 8,371+0.65%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Linselles
Arms of Linselles
 The arms of Linselles are blazoned :

Argent, a fess sable. (Linselles and Rieux-en-Cambrésis use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. Fortescue, John W.
    (1918). British Campaigns in Flanders 1690–1794 (extracts from Volume 4 of A History of the British Army). London: Macmillan. pp. 226–227.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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