Warneton

Warneton
Warneton
Commune
	The town hall in Warneton
	Coat of arms
	Location of Warneton
	Warneton Warneton
	Coordinates: 50°44′52″N 2°57′12″E / 50.7478°N 2.9533°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yvon Pétronin
Area 1	4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Population (2021)	234
• Density	56/km2 (150/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 (French pronunciation: [waʁnətɔ̃]; Dutch: Waasten) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.^[3]

Bounding communes and places

The commune was formed on 1 July 1946 by the merger of the former communes Warneton-Sud and Warneton-Bas.^[4]

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.)

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Warneton, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE