Wasquehal

Wasquehal
Wasquehal
Commune
	Église Saint Clément
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wasquehal
	Wasquehal Wasquehal
	Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 3°07′51″E / 50.6694°N 3.1308°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Croix
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphanie Ducret
Area 1	6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2023)	20,726
• Density	3,020/km2 (7,830/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59646 /59290
Elevation	18–47 m (59–154 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wasquehal (traditional pronunciation [wakal]; currently common pronunciation [waskal]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as Waskenhal in the 11th century.

Geography

Wasquehal has an area of 6.86 km² (2.65 sq mi) and a population density of 2,702.8/km².

**Arms of Wasquehal**
	The arms of Wasquehal are blazoned : Chequy argent and gules, each argent piece charged with an ermine spot sable. or, more simply, Chequy ermine and gules.

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Wasquehal hosted the finish of stage 4 of the 1989 Tour de France, won by Jelle Nijdam, and the finish of stage 5 the 1992 Tour de France, won by Guido Bontempi. The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France also finished in Wasquehal. Jean-Patrick Nazon won the mass sprint ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie McEwen. Wasquehal also hosted the start of stage 7 of the 1988 Tour de France, and the start of stage 3 of the 1996 Tour de France.

Wasquehal is twinned with:^[6]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wasquehal, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage Wasquehal renoue avec la ville de Beyne-Heusay (B)". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). La Voix du Nord. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.