Noordpeene
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Wormhout | |
| Community association | Flandre Intérieure | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 24' E | |
| height | 0-68 m | |
| surface | 17.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 788 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59670 | |
| INSEE code | 59436 | |
| Website | http://www.noordpeene.fr/ | |
Noordpeene ( Dutch : Noordpene ) is a French municipality with 788 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France near the border with Belgium . It is located in the arrondissement of Dunkerque and is part of the canton of Wormhout (until 2015: canton of Cassel ). The inhabitants are called Noordpéenois .
geography
Noordpeene is located about 25 kilometers south of Dunkirk on the Peene Becque . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Noordpeene is surrounded by the neighboring communities Rubrouck in the north, Ochtezeele in the north and north-east, Zuytpeene in the east, Clairmarais in the south and south-west, Nieurlet in the west and south-west and Buysscheure in the west and north-west.
Residents
| Population development in Noordpeene | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 822 |
| 1968 | 748 |
| 1975 | 692 |
| 1982 | 693 |
| 1990 | 705 |
| 1999 | 674 |
| 2006 | 762 |
| 2013 | 790 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Noordpeene
- Saint-Denis church
- Obelisk of the Battle of the Peene
- Convention
Personalities
- Camille Looten (1855–1941), Flemish priest
- Paul Hazard (1878–1944), literary historian
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 468-470.
