Wallers

Wallers
The Church of St. Barbara viewed from the mines of Anzin
Wallers
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wallers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Valenciennes-Nord
Intercommunality	Porte du Hainaut
Government
• Mayor	Claude Larcanché 2001–2008 Salvatore Castiglione 2008–2014 2014–2020
Area1	20.89 km2 (8.07 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	5,582
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59632 / 59135
Elevation	15–135 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wallers is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Its is known for the mythical Trench of Arenberg, one of the most notorious passages in 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.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department
• Paris–Roubaix

References

• INSEE commune file