Spycker (North)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Coudekerque branch | |
| Community association | Community urbaine de Dunkerque | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 ′ N , 2 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 0-5 m | |
| surface | 9.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,807 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 197 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59380 | |
| INSEE code | 59576 | |
| Website | http://mairie-spycker.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) by Spycker |
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Spycker ( NDL. : Spijker ) is a French municipality with 1807 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and is part of the canton of Coudekerque-Branche (until 2015: Canton of Bourbourg ). The inhabitants are called Spyckerois (es) .
geography
Spycker is located on the Canal de Bourbourg , which is part of the major shipping route Dunkirk-Scheldt and borders the municipality to the north. Spycker is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grande-Synthe in the north, Armbouts-Cappel in the east, Pitgam in the south, Brouckerque in the south and west and the exclave Mardyck of Dunkirk in the north-west.
Population development
| Population development in Spycker | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 621 |
| 1968 | 679 |
| 1975 | 1,643 |
| 1982 | 1,485 |
| 1990 | 1,402 |
| 1999 | 1.314 |
| 2006 | 1,508 |
| 2013 | 1,673 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |
Attractions
- Afgand Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 341-342.
Web links
Commons : Spycker - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Spycker (North) in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture