Wallers

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Wallers

(2020–2026) Salvatore Castiglione^[1]Area

20.89 km² (8.07 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,598 • Density270/km² (690/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59632 /59135

Elevation15–135 m (49–443 ft)
(avg. 23 m or 75 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wallers (French pronunciation: [walɛʁs]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is known for the Trench of Arenberg, part of the Paris–Roubaix cycling race, held annually in April.

Heraldry

The arms of Wallers are blazoned :

Or, 3 fesses gules. (Saint-Hilaire-lez-Cambrai, Villereau and Wallers, Rambures use the same arms.)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	7,508	—
1975	7,105	−0.79%
1982	6,564	−1.13%
1990	5,862	−1.40%
1999	5,582	−0.54%
2007	5,533	−0.11%
2012	5,552	+0.07%
2017	5,526	−0.09%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE