Lewarde

This article is about the French commune. For the Dutch-Frisian city, see Leeuwarden.

Lewarde (French pronunciation: [ləwaʁd]; Picard: Lwarte) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Lewarde
Commune
The Delloye mine in Lewarde
Coat of arms
Location of Lewarde
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Coordinates: 50°20′30″N 3°10′11″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Aniche
Intercommunality	Cœur d'Ostrevent
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Alain Bruneel[1]
Area 1	3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,388
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59345 /59287
Elevation	22–80 m (72–262 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,872	—
1975	1,992	+0.89%
1982	2,289	+2.01%
1990	2,768	+2.40%
1999	2,782	+0.06%
2007	2,769	−0.06%
2012	2,645	−0.91%
2017	2,425	−1.72%
Source: INSEE[4]

History

Ancient History

Romans medals were found at multiple times in Lewarde, as well as ballot boxes filled of ash hiden in an sandstone career and four bronze heads of a gallo-roman style.^[5]

Moyen Âge

The town of Lewarde has born on a wooded ridge (the mountains Saint-Rémi) surround an fortified area, built by the count of Hainaut in XIII, where we could monitor the common border of the Counties of Flandres and the Hainaut.

Of the fortified area, nothing has stayed. But, it's at this assumed place, in the fief of Lewarde, where the town church has been built.

Heraldry

Arms of Lewarde

The arms of Lewarde are blazoned : Per fess or and azure, a lion maintaining a banderole gules, and 3 martlets argent.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department