Armentières
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| Commune of Armentières | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 2.883° |
| Latitude | 50.683° |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Département | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Armentières (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Claude Hujeux (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 6.28 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
25,273 |
| - Density (1999) | 4,022/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59017/ 59280 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Armentières is a commune and the chief town of a canton of the département of Nord, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, in France. It is a component of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole, and lies on the Belgian border, northwest of the city of Lille.
The motto of the town is Pauvre mais fière (Poor but proud).
[edit] Twin towns
- Armentières is twinned with two cities:
Osterode am Harz, Germany
Stalybridge, England, UK [1]
[edit] External link
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