La Gorgue
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Hazebrouck | |
| Community association | Flandre Lys | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 38 ' N , 2 ° 43' E | |
| height | 12-19 m | |
| surface | 15.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,635 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 375 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59253 | |
| INSEE code | 59268 | |
| Website | https://www.ville-lagorgue.fr/fr/ | |
La Gorgue (Dutch: "De Gorge") is a French commune .
geography
It is located in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and the Canton of Hazebrouck (until 2015 Canton of Merville ).
The municipality is located 34 kilometers from Lille , 15 kilometers from Armentières , 56 kilometers from Dunkirk , 18 kilometers from Hazebrouck and 14 kilometers from Béthune . It lies on the Leie , into which the river Lawe flows.
Neighboring municipalities are: Estaires , Sailly-sur-la-Lys , Laventie , Richebourg , Lestrem and Merville .
population
The community has 5635 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
- Population development
- 1962: 4.141
- 1968: 4.104
- 1975: 4.168
- 1982: 4,602
- 1990: 5,028
- 1999: 5,215
history
On December 28, 1941, a serious railway accident occurred between La Gorgue and Laventie when two trains collided here on the Nantes – La Roche-sur-Yon railway . 56 people died and 40 were also injured.
Attractions
- Belfry of the town hall
- Saint-Pierre Church (1895)
- Ruins of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beaupré-sur-la-Lys
- English military cemetery
Personalities
- Charles de l'Écluse (1526–1609), medic and botanist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1258-1260.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jozef van Overstraeten: De Nederlanden in Frankrijk . 1969.
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 106.
