Morbecque

Morbecque Moerbeke
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Community association	Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates	50 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E
height	15-69 m
surface	44.34 km 2
Residents	2,538 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59190
INSEE code	59416
Website	http://www.morbecque.fr/

Morbecque ( West Flemish Moerbeke ) is a French municipality with 2538 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Dunkerque and the canton Hazebrouck (until 2015 canton Hazebrouck-Sud ).

Neighboring municipalities of Morbecque are Hazebrouck in the north, Borre in the northeast, Vieux-Berquin in the east, Merville in the southeast, Haverskerque in the south, Steenbecque in the southwest, Blaringhem in the west and Wallon-Cappel and Sercus in the northwest.

In the years between 1790 and 1794 the hamlet of La-Motte-au-Bois was incorporated.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	2,041	2.116	2,437	2,577	2,541	2,667	2,702

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Morbecque

• La Motte-aux-Boix castle
• Saint-Firmin church

Personalities

• Guillaume de Moerbeke, secretary to Thomas Aquinas
• The Lords and Counts of Morbecque of the House of Saint-Omer and the House of Montmorency

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 839-842.

Web links

Commons : Morbecque  - collection of images, videos and audio files