Houplines
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Commune of Houplines |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Armentières |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Jacques Deruyter (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 12 m–20 m (avg. 14 m) |
| Land area¹ | 11,32 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7907 |
| - Density | 698/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59317/ 59116 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Houplines is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France.
It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.
Adjoining the communal (village) cemetery is the Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery containing the graves of 466 identified casualties, 465 of them Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the area around the village during the First World War.
Houplines maintains a partnership arrangement with the German community of Kirchhundem.
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[edit] External links
Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission official site; includes an account of the fighting around Houplines
