Bambecque

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Bambecque
Bambeke
Bambecque coat of arms
Bambecque (France)
Bambecque
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Wormhout
Community association Hauts de Flandre
Coordinates 50 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 33'  E
height 2-24 m
surface 11.81 km 2
Residents 770 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 65 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59470
INSEE code 59046

Mairie Bambecque

Bambecque , Dutch Bambeke is a French municipality with 770 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and the municipality of Hauts de Flandre . West Flemish is also spoken in Bambecque .

geography

The municipality of Bambecque is located on the Yser in French Flanders , about 20 kilometers southeast of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) in the far north of France. The municipality borders on Belgium to the east (municipalities of Alveringem and Poperinge).

The district of Kruystraete belongs to Bambecque .

The neighboring communities of Bambecque are Rexpoëde in the north, Oost-Cappel and Alveringem in the northeast, Poperinge in the east, Houtkerque in the southeast, Herzeele in the south, Wormhout in the southwest and West-Cappel in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 614 642 614 614 589 655 711 770
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Omer church
  • Saint-Omer Church in Bambecque, Monument historique
  • Château de l'Ingelshof, Monument historique

A windmill originally from Bambecque is now in the Mill Museum in Villeneuve-d'Ascq .

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 31 farms in the municipality (cultivation of grain, pulses, oilseeds and tobacco, poultry farming, pig farming).

In the neighboring municipality of Herzeele there is a connection to the A25 autoroute ( Dunkerque - Lille ). Esquelbecq train station, twelve kilometers to the west, is on the Arras- Dunkerque railway line .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 857.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Bambecque on cassini.ehess.fr
  2. ↑ Bambecque on insee.fr
  3. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 5, 2011 (French).
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 5, 2011 (French).
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Bambecque  - collection of images