Warneton

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

Warneton
Location of Warneton
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Jacques Veroone
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	183
• Density	44/km2 (110/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.

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

Arms of Warneton

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 history

• 1962: 178
• 1968: 197
• 1975: 198
• 1982: 171
• 1990: 179
• 1999: 178

Points of interest

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

People

• Saint John of Warneton

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file