Ghyvelde
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
Canton | Dunkerque-2 | |
Community association | Community urbaine de Dunkerque | |
Coordinates | 51 ° 3 ' N , 2 ° 32' E | |
height | 0-25 m | |
surface | 35.92 km 2 | |
Residents | 4,193 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 117 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59254 | |
INSEE code | 59260 | |
Website | www.ville-ghyvelde.fr | |
Mairie Ghyvelde |
Ghyvelde ( Dutch Gijvelde ) is a French municipality with 4193 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France near Dunkirk .
The eastern municipal boundary also represents the state border with Belgium . On January 1, 2016, the formerly independent municipality of Les Moëres was incorporated.
The site was 92% destroyed in the Battle of Dunkirk and other fighting during World War II.
structure
District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
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Ghyvelde (administrative headquarters) | 59260 | 16.46 | 3,195 |
Les Moëres | 59404 | 19.46 | 997 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Ghyvelde
The Écomusée du Bommelaers-Wall in Ghyvelde is a museum that presents the history of rural life on the Flemish coast.
The nature reserve of the fossil dunes of Ghyvelde stretches east from Ghyvelde to the Belgian border, made accessible by an eight-kilometer circular hiking trail .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 858-859.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
- ↑ Office des Tourisme Dunquerkque: Dunkirk and the Northern French Coast, page 15
- ↑ Conservatoire du littoral - Dune fossile (French)