Houplines

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]

Houplines
Commune
The town hall in Houplines
Coat of arms
Location of Houplines
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Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 2°54′37″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[1]
Area 1	11.32 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,907
• 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.

Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containing the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who died in the area around the village during the First World War.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,398	—
1975	7,403	+2.11%
1982	7,924	+0.98%
1990	7,609	−0.51%
1999	7,907	+0.43%
2007	7,570	−0.54%
2012	7,791	+0.58%
2017	7,805	+0.04%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

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.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department