Vieux-Berquin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Bailleul | |
| Community association | Flandre Intérieure | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 15-20 m | |
| surface | 25.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,507 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 97 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59232 | |
| INSEE code | 59615 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-vieux-berquin.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Vieux-Berquin |
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Vieux-Berquin ( Dutch : Oud-Berkijn ) is a French municipality with 2507 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 , the Canton of Bailleul (until 2015: Canton Bailleul-Sud-Ouest ) and the Flandre Intérieure municipal association . The inhabitants are called Vieux-Berquinois .
geography
Vieux-Berquin is located near the Belgian border in the former French Flanders , in the extreme north of France. Vieux-Berquin is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Pradelles and Strazeele in the north, Merris and Bailleul in the northeast, Le Doulieu in the east, Neuf-Berquin in the southeast, Merville in the south and southwest, La Motte-au-Bois in the west and Hazebrouck and Borre in the Northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,906 | 1,864 | 1,759 | 1,949 | 2,092 | 2,185 | 2,277 | 2,499 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vieux-Berquin
- Saint-Barthélémy church
- Two British military cemeteries
Personalities
- Louis de Berquin (1490–1529), lawyer and reformer
- Jules-Auguste Lemire (1853–1928), politician and priest
- Morgane Ribout (* 1988), judo kate
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the German municipality of Nentershausen in Rhineland-Palatinate .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 189.
