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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Bailleul | |
| Community association | Flandre Intérieure | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 ' N , 2 ° 36' E | |
| height | 24-66 m | |
| surface | 10.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,219 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 118 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59114 | |
| INSEE code | 59189 | |
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Eecke ( Flemish : Eke ) is a French municipality with 1219 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and the Canton of Bailleul .
geography
The municipality is located in the area of French Flanders , in the so-called Monts de Flandre , about seven kilometers northeast of Hazebrouck and 35 kilometers southeast of Dunkirk . Neighboring municipalities to Eecke are:
- Steenvoorde in the north,
- Godewaersvelde in the northeast,
- Flêtre in the southeast,
- Caëstre in the south,
- Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel to the west and
- Terdeghem in the northwest.
The A25 motorway runs just east of the municipality.
history
According to legend, the monk Saint Wulmer (* 620 in Boulonnais; † 697) retired for three days in a hollow oak tree. On the occasion of his death, a chapel was built and consecrated to him in 698. If this legend has a true core, then the village, which in the course of time was also called Eke , Heec and Eyke and in Latin Quercus and Quercetum , is very old. The Dutch name of the oak is Eik , the Flemish Eke . The first written mention of the village is found in 1278 in the copy book of the Abbey of Lille .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 |
| Residents | 790 | 681 | 789 | 804 | 872 | 1,128 | 1,163 |
Attractions
- Klockhuis , bell house from the 17th century - Monument historique
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Eecke
Community partnerships
- Eke, district of Nazareth , East Flanders, Belgium (since 1965)
- Eicken-Bruche , district of Melle, Lower Saxony, Germany (since 1965)
- Eiken , Canton Aargau, Switzerland (since 1965)
The international "Festival of the Four Oaks" has been held every four years since 1965, alternately in Eicken-Bruche (Germany), Eke (Belgium), Eiken (Switzerland) and in Eecke.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1545-1546.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugène Mannier: Études étymologiques, historiques et comparatives sur les noms des villes, villages bourgs et du Département du Nord , 56. A. Aubry, Paris,. 1861
- ↑ Klockhuis in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)