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Armentières

Coordinates:50°41′17″N2°52′52″E / 50.6881°N 2.8811°E /50.6881; 2.8811
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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Armentières
Armentiers
The town hall
The town hall
Coat of arms of Armentières
Coat of arms
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Location of Armentières
Armentières is located in France
Armentières
Armentières
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Armentières is located in Hauts-de-France
Armentières
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Coordinates:50°41′17″N2°52′52″E / 50.6881°N 2.8811°E /50.6881; 2.8811
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonArmentières
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor(2024–2026)Jean-Michel Monpays[1]
Area
1
6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
26,998
 • Density4,300/km2 (11,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59017 /59280
Elevation17 m (56 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Armentières (French pronunciation:[aʁmɑ̃tjɛʁ]ⓘ;West Flemish:Armentiers,Picard:Armintîre) is acommune in theNord department in theHauts-de-France region in northernFrance. It is part of theMétropole Européenne de Lille.[3]

The motto of the town isPauvre mais fière (Poor but proud).

Geography

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Armentières lies on theBelgian border, northwest of the city ofLille, on the right bank of the riverLys.

History

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In 1668, the town became French, along with most of the rest ofFrench Flanders. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, Armentières acquired fame, being the "City of Fabric". Industrialweaving,spinning andbrewing grew in Armentières, benefitting from the presence of water.

Armentières particularly suffered during the World Wars although the town received two Military Crosses, one forWorld War I and the second for theSecond World War and theLegion d'Honneur. In Armentières and the surrounding areas, the military cemeteries are places of remembrance for the casualties of the world wars. "Mademoiselle from Armentières" was a popular song among Allied soldiers inWorld War I.

During World War I, in October 1914, the town was the site of theBattle of Armentières. Later in the war, Armentières was repeatedly shelled by the Germans withmustard gas. In July 1917, 675 civilians were wounded of which 86 died due to lingering residue,[4] as the agent was a new and unknown weapon.[5] In April 1918, German troops shelled the town again. British troops were forced to evacuate the area, but the Germans could not enter for two weeks because of the heavy contamination. Witnesses to the bombardment stated that the shelling was so heavy that liquid mustard gas ran in the streets.[6]

Population

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Armentières in 1649
Population of Armentières since 1793
YearPop.±% p.a.
17937,671—    
18007,598−0.14%
18067,542−0.12%
18217,681+0.12%
18316,338−1.90%
18366,512+0.54%
18416,817+0.92%
18467,959+3.15%
18518,840+2.12%
185610,104+2.71%
186111,901+3.33%
186615,579+5.53%
187219,035+3.40%
187621,746+3.38%
188125,089+2.90%
188627,985+2.21%
189128,638+0.46%
189629,603+0.67%
YearPop.±% p.a.
190129,401−0.14%
190628,613−0.54%
191128,625+0.01%
192114,758−6.41%
192621,035+7.35%
193122,704+1.54%
193624,049+1.16%
194622,667−0.59%
195424,940+1.20%
196225,248+0.15%
196826,916+1.07%
197526,346−0.31%
198224,834−0.84%
199025,219+0.19%
199925,273+0.02%
200725,170−0.05%
201225,993+0.65%
201724,882−0.87%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE (1968-2017)[8]

Heraldry

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Arms of Armentières
Arms of Armentières
The arms of Armentières areblazoned :
Argent a fleur de lys gules and on a chief of the same a sun or and a decrescent of the same.



Railways

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Armentières station, 2013

Armentières has a railway station on theline from Lille to Calais and Dunkirk.

It was commissioned in 1848 by theChemins de Fer du Nord (Northern Railway Company). The buildings were completed in 1861.[9]

The station is currently served byTER Hauts-de-France trains, on the routes betweenLille-Flandres station andDunkirk, and between Lille-Flandres andHazebrouck.[10]

Twin towns – sister cities

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Detail of the war memorial inPreying,Bavaria namingSchütze Alois Feichtinger as killed at Armentières, 27 February 1917
See also:List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Armentières istwinned with:[11]

Notable people

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Monuments

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The Belfry of Armentières

The belfry of Armentières was inscribed on theUNESCOWorld Heritage List in 2005 as part of theBelfries of Belgium and France site, and in recognition of their influence in the rise of municipal power in Europe.[12] The belfry, just like the nearing city hall was designed by the architect Louis Marie Cordonnier and is open for visitors and tourists.[13]

In fiction

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Milady de Winter inThe Three Musketeers hides in Armentières. She is caught and executed there.

The bawdy song,Mademoiselle from Armentières, was popular amongst British and American troops during World War 1. There are multiple version of the lyrics, that mostly refer to a woman from the town.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
  2. ^"Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^INSEE commune file
  4. ^Haber, L. F. (2002).The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical warfare in the First World War. pp. 248–249.ISBN 9780191512315.
  5. ^James Atkinson."Gas Attack".Lives of the First World War.
  6. ^Heller, Charles E. (September 1984)."Chemical Warfare in World War I: The American Experience, 1917–1918".U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archived fromthe original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved15 January 2009.
  7. ^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Armentières,EHESS(in French).
  8. ^Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  9. ^Devaux père et fils, « Chemins de fer : service et situation en 1861 », dansAnnuaire statistique du département du Nord, Lille, 1863 p. 337intégral
  10. ^Site SNCFTER Hauts-de-France, Informations pratiques sur les gares et arrêts :Gare d'Armentières (consulté le 29 janvier 2020).
  11. ^"Jumelage".armentieres.fr (in French). Armentières. Archived fromthe original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved24 April 2021.
  12. ^"Belfries of Belgium and France".UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved5 November 2021.
  13. ^"Destination lille Cities and territories".www.visitlilles.com. Retrieved19 November 2019.

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