Lewarde (French pronunciation:[ləwaʁd]; Picard:Lwarte) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19681,872
19751,992+0.89%
19822,289+2.01%
19902,768+2.40%
19992,782+0.06%
20072,769−0.06%
20122,645−0.91%
20172,425−1.72%
20232,353−0.50%
Source: INSEE

History

Ancient History

Romans medals were found at multiple times in Lewarde, as well as ballot boxes filled of ash hiden in an sandstone career and four bronze heads of a gallo-roman style.

Moyen Âge

The town of Lewarde has born on a wooded ridge (the mountains Saint-Rémi) surround an fortified area, built by the count of Hainaut in XIII, where we could monitor the common border of the Counties of Flandres and the Hainaut.

Of the fortified area, nothing has stayed. But, it's at this assumed place, in the fief of Lewarde, where the town church has been built.

Heraldry

Arms of LewardeThe arms of Lewarde are blazoned: Per fess or and azure, a lion maintaining a banderole gules, and 3 martlets argent.
  • The castle
  • View of the park
  • The parc

See also