Ghyvelde

Ghyvelde
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Dunkerque-2
Community association	Community urbaine de Dunkerque
Coordinates	51 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 32'  E 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)
Ghyvelde (administrative headquarters)	59260	16.46	3,195
Les Moëres	59404	19.46	.0997

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

Commons : Ghyvelde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ghyvelde on the website of the (no longer existing) Communauté de communes de Flandre (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016
2. ↑ Office des Tourisme Dunquerkque: Dunkirk and the Northern French Coast, page 15
3. ↑ Conservatoire du littoral - Dune fossile (French)