Bambecque (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃bɛk]; Dutch: Bambeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Bambecque
Bambeke | |
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 The church in Bambecque | |
_Nord.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bambecque  | |
  Bambecque  Bambecque | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 2°32′55″E / 50.9014°N 2.5486°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Wormhout |
| Intercommunality | Hauts de Flandre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Grégoire Francke[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 832 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59046 /86370 |
| Elevation | 2–24 m (6.6–78.7 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Etymology
editBambecque has historically been attested as Banbeca in 1164. The toponym Bambecque is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *ban. Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -beek and Romance -becque (also -bec, -becques).[4]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 642 | — |
| 1975 | 614 | −0.64% |
| 1982 | 614 | 0.00% |
| 1990 | 589 | −0.52% |
| 1999 | 655 | 1.19% |
| 2009 | 719 | 0.94% |
| 2014 | 747 | 0.77% |
| 2020 | 822 | 1.61% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Bambecque are blazoned : Argent, a lion sable, armed and langued gules. (The arms of Bambecque, Crochte, Killem and Maing are essentially the same)
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Points of interest
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Caljouw, William Robert (1981). Germanic elements in French Toponymy (Thesis). University of British Columbia. pp. 148, 151. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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