Gondecourt

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Gondecourt
Gondecourt Coat of Arms
Gondecourt (France)
Gondecourt
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Faches-Thumesnil
Community association Pévèle-Carembault
Coordinates 50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 59'  E
height 19–31 m
surface 8.22 km 2
Residents 4,055 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 493 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59147
INSEE code
Website http://gondecourt.fr/

Gondecourt is a French municipality with 4055 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Lille and is part of the canton of Faches-Thumesnil (until 2015: canton of Seclin-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Gondecourtois (es) .

geography

Gondecourt is in the Carembault countryside . The canalised Deûle flows along the extreme north-western boundary of the municipality . Gondecourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Santes in the north, Houplin-Ancoisne in the northeast, Seclin in the east, Chemy in the south, Carnin in the southwest, Allennes-les-Marais and Herrin in the west and Wavrin in the northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
2,521 2,600 2,800 3,410 3,777 3,902 3,943 3,943

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church, originally built in the 12th century,
  • Collège Georges Rémi
Saint Martin Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1471-1472.

Web links

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