Coudekerque branch
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Coudekerque-Branche Nieuwe-Koukerke |
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Coudekerque branch (main town) | |
| Community association | Community urbaine de Dunkerque | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 2 ′ N , 2 ° 24 ′ E | |
| height | 0-6 m | |
| surface | 9.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 21,134 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,312 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59210 | |
| INSEE code | 59155 | |
| Website | www.ville-coudekerque-branche | |
Coudekerque-Branche ( dutch : Nieuw-Koudekerke , West Flemish Nieuwe-Koukerke ) is a French commune in the Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Dunkerque and the community association Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque . In Coudekerque-Branche, West Flemish was spoken well into the 20th century .
geography
The city of Coudekerque-Branche, with 21,134 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), borders immediately southeast on the port city of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) on the southern North Sea coast in the far north of France. The border with Belgium is 13 kilometers from Coudekerque-Branche.
The settlement area and the transport infrastructure of Coudekerque-Branche are closely intertwined with Dunkirk. Characteristic of the Blootland , as the area around Dunkirk in the French part of the Westhoek region is called, are the numerous canals in the flat polder landscape . The municipality of Coudekerque-Branche is bounded in the west by the Canal de Bourbourg and the Canal de Bergues , in the northwest by the Canal Exutoire , in the north by the Canal des Moeres and the Canal Nieuport-Dunkerque .
The urban area of Coudekerque-Branche is divided into five districts (quartiers):
- Center Ville
- Petit Stendam
- Grand Stendam
- Vieux Coudekerque
- Sainte-Germaine
Neighboring communities of Coudekerque-Branche are Dunkerque in the west and north, Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village in the south and west and Chappelle-la-Grande in the southwest.
history
The name Coudekerque-Branche came about when the community was founded by decree on December 14, 1789. Coudekerque comes from West Flanders and means cold church . Industry is French and is called branch, branch . What is meant is the branch (branch) church of an old parish church from the 11th century.
The community offered favorable conditions for early industrialization: the nearby Dunkirk port, large open spaces and a network of canals for the transport of goods. Mainly mills and breweries came into being here.
In 1850 the area around the Jeu de mail Dunkirk was added, ten years later what is now the Rosendael district was spun off from Coudekerque-Branche.
In the working-class quarters that emerged from the middle of the 19th century lived the employees of the textile factories (weaving mills Weill , flax spinning mill Dickson - closed in 2005), the metal factory Longatte and numerous breweries (including the large brasserie Boudenoot ). The population of Coudekerque-Branche grew between 1800 and 1901 from 1265 to 5440. In 1926 the 10,000-inhabitant mark was exceeded. From 1888, the construction of roads and bridges over the canals began, thus lifting the isolation of the individual quarters.
Largely spared from the First World War, Coudekerque-Branche was badly affected in the Second World War ( Battle of Dunkirk ).
Since the 1950s, the image of the community has gradually changed. The result was an urban landscape with schools, shopping and service centers in new parts of the city, and close ties with the neighboring city of Dunkirk. New challenges arose from the industrial wastelands that arose after the decline of the textile and food industries.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 20,757 | 23,039 | 24,930 | 23,958 | 23,644 | 24,132 | 22,986 | 21,134 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Culture and sights
Park Fort Louis
The site of the former fort in the south of the municipality is now a park open to the public. The moats and the entrance gate to the fort built by Vauban are still preserved. Every year on the second weekend in September, the Nature and Flanders Festival ( Fête de la Nature et de la Flandre ) takes place here with around 20,000 visitors.
Folklore and carnival
The Géants (German: Giganten ) from Coudekerque-Branche belong to 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 . The Géants figures from Coudekerque-Branche are
- Joséphine la Peûle , since 1980
- Charles le Garde Champêtre , since 2000
- Julienne , since 2006
Former town hall
The former parish hall ( Maison communale ) now serves the local council and houses a wedding hall.
Churches
- Sacré-Cœur Church
- Sainte-Germaine church
- Sainte-Thérèse church
- Saint-Pierre church
Town twinning
Partnerships exist with the Belgian municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, about 35 kilometers away, and with the Dutch municipality of Veere .
Economy and Infrastructure
There are 185 retail businesses in Coudekerque-Branche.
Coudekerque-Branche is home to several elementary, middle and secondary schools.
The city is well connected to the supra-regional transport network thanks to its close links with Dunkirk . The A16 (partly as Europastraße 40 ) runs through the municipality. It connects Paris with the ports of Calais and Dunkerque as well as the Belgian Bruges . From nearby Bergues , the A25 autoroute leads to Lille
Trains on the Dunkerque - Arras and Dunkerque - Bray-Dunes lines stop at Coudekerque-Branche .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 585-587.
supporting documents
- ↑ legrenierdulin.com
- ↑ ville-coudekerque-branche.fr/Histoire et patrimoine. Retrieved October 8, 2011 (French).
- ^ Coudekerque-Branche on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Coudekerque branch on insee.fr
- ↑ Fete de la Nature et de la Flandre
- ^ Identité du Géant de Coudekerque-Branche
- ↑ List of Géants du Nord ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Image on terre-de-geants.fr ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Image on terre-de-geants.fr ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Image on terre-de-geants.fr ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ annuaire-mairie.fr
- ↑ Retailers on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Coudekerque-Branche in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
- Population statistics
- Photos of the four churches