Linselles Explained

Linselles
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Linselles (59) Nord-France.svg
Arrondissement:Lille
Canton:Lambersart
Insee:59352
Postal Code:59126
Mayor:Isabelle Pollet[1]
Term:2022 - 2026
Intercommunality:Métropole Européenne de Lille
Elevation M:47
Elevation Min M:17
Elevation Max M:52
Area Km2:11.71

Linselles (in French pronounced as /lɛ̃sɛl/; Dutch; Flemish: Linsele; Linséles) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.[2]

On 17 August 1793, during the War of the First Coalition, it was the site of the Battle of Lincelles, a victory for a combined British and Dutch force against those of Revolutionary France.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59352-linselles INSEE commune file
  3. Book: Fortescue, John W.. John William Fortescue. British Campaigns in Flanders 1690–1794 (extracts from Volume 4 of A History of the British Army) . London . Macmillan . 1918 . 226–227 .