Frelinghien

Frelinghien
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Community association	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Coordinates	50 ° 43 ' N , 2 ° 56' E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ' N , 2 ° 56' E
height	14-20 m
surface	11.3 km 2
Residents	2,415 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	214 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59236
INSEE code	59252
Website	http://www.ville-frelinghien.fr
	; Saint-Amand church

Frelinghien (NDL .: "Ferlingen") is a French commune in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality has 2415 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is part of the arrondissement of Lille .

geography

The municipality is located on the Leie ( French Lys ), which is the border river between France and Belgium . Frelinghien also belongs to the canton of Armentières . The municipality of Frelinghien extends over an area of 11.3  km² .

Adjacent communities

Comines ‑ Warning tone (B) (Komen ‑ Waasten)	Deûlémont
Comines ‑ Warning tone (B) (Komen ‑ Waasten)		Quesnoy-sur-Deûle
Houplines	Pérenchies	Verlinghem

Etymology and history

The originally Flemish place name is said to go back to a Germanic word formation " FRELO ‑ ING ‑ HEIM  ", which means something like " home of the people of the Frelo  ". The first known mention of the place as " Ferlinghem  " can be found in a document from 1066 about the transfer of part of the property of the Count of Flanders to the collegiate chapter Saint-Pierre in Lille . Due to its location in the county of Flanders , Frelinghien came under the rule of the Spanish Netherlands during the 16th to the beginning of the 18th century . Only after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713 did Frelinghien return to France .

Demographics

The following graph shows the development of the population of Frelinghien. (Source: INSEE ).

Attractions

The Saint-Amand church . It was devastated during World War I and later rebuilt in the 1920s.
The Frelinghien cemetery , here are six British war graves of fallen soldiers from World War II .

Saint-Amand church
Cenotaph in front of the church for the war dead
Path chapel, inscription:
Holy,
Immaculate Mother of God,
pray for us
Path chapel, inscription:
O Mary,
created without sin,
pray for us