Boëseghem

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Boëseghem
Coat of arms of Boëseghem
Boëseghem (France)
Boëseghem
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Hazebrouck
Community association Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates 50 ° 40 ′  N , 2 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 2 ° 26 ′  E
height 17-68 m
surface 7.08 km 2
Residents 748 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 106 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59189
INSEE code 59087
Website http://www.boeseghem.fr/

Boëseghem Town Hall

Boëseghem ( Dutch Boezegem ) is a French municipality with 748 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Dunkerque and the canton of Hazebrouck (until 2015: canton of Hazebrouck-Sud ).

geography

Boëseghem is about 40 kilometers west of Lille . Neighboring communities of Boëseghem are Blaringhem in the north and north-west, Steenbecque in the north-east, Thiennes in the east and south-east, Aire-sur-la-Lys in the south and south-west and Wittes in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 629 666 684 721 751 755 788 712
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Léger church
  • British military cemetery
Saint-Léger church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 817-818.

Web links

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