Boeschepe

Boeschepe
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Community association	Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates	50 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 42' E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 42' E
height	28-153 m
surface	13.59 km 2
Residents	2,183 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	161 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59299
INSEE code	59086
Website	http://www.boeschepe.fr/
	; View of Boeschepe

Boeschepe (1793 and 1801 even with the spellings Boesscheppe and Boescheppe ) is a French municipality with 2183 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and the Flandre Intérieure municipality . West Flemish is also spoken in Boeschepe .

geography

Location of Boeschepe in the Dunkerque arrondissement

The municipality of Boeschepe is located in French Flanders in the far north of France, roughly halfway between the cities of Dunkerque and Lille . The municipality borders on Belgium to the north and east (municipalities Poperinge and Heuvelland). The predominantly flat northern part of the municipality is crossed by the rivers Vlietbeek and Winterbeek , which drain towards the north to the Yser . In the south and east there are three prominent peaks of the West Flemish hill country ( West-Vlaams Heuvelland / Monts des Flandres ): the 139 m high Boeschepeberg (Mont de Boeschepe), the 125 m high Kokereelberg (Mont Kokereel) and the 152 m high Zwarteberg ( Mont Noir). The Zeugenberge form a ridge that separates the basins of the Yser ( IJzer) in the north from the basin of the Leie ( Lys ) in the south.

In addition to the closed settlement image of the core town, there are numerous scattered individual farms in the municipality as well as the hamlets and districts of Abeele (French part of the town of Abele that continues to Belgium ), Confiscatie, Les Cinq Chemins Verts, Mont Kokereel, Oost Houck and Steen Acker .

Neighboring communities of Boeschepe are Poperinge in the north, Heuvelland in the east, Saint-Jans-Cappel in the southeast, Berthen in the south and Godewaersvelde in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	2085	2015	1883	1747	1906	2012	2201	2183
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

Saint Martin Church
Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception in the Abeele district
Ondankmeulen (Le moulin de l'Ingratitude), a Dutch windmill from 1802 and belonging to the municipality since 1958, registered as a monument historique

Town Hall ( Mairie )

Ondankmeulen (Le moulin de l'Ingratitude) and De Vierpot restaurant

Folklore and carnival

The Géants de Boeschepe (German: Riesen von Boeschepe ) are among the traditional giant figures ( Géants du Nord ) that are widespread at festivals in the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France and in neighboring Belgium . Since 2005, the performances have been carried out by UNESCO under the title Processions of Giants and Dragons from Belgium and France as masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity . Boeschepe's giant figures are called Djoos de Bolder (Georges le Bouleur) and Jérôme le Meunier.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 59 farms in the municipality (cultivation of grain, potatoes, fruit and vegetables, breeding of horses, cattle and poultry, pig farming).

The A25 autoroute from Dunkerque to Lille (with a connection in the northwestern Steenvoorde ) runs west of Boeschepe. The D 10 road from Bailleul to Poperinge in Belgium runs through the village .