Bambecque

Bambecque
Bambeke

Coat of arms
Bambecque

Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 2°32′55″E / 50.9014°N 2.5486°E / 50.9014; 2.5486Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 2°32′55″E / 50.9014°N 2.5486°E / 50.9014; 2.5486
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkirk
Canton Hondschoote
Intercommunality Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Grégoire Francke
Area1 11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 719
 • Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59046 / 59470
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bambecque (from Dutch, Bambeke in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,000—    
1800 1,019+1.9%
1806 1,139+11.8%
1821 1,143+0.4%
1831 1,139−0.3%
1836 1,164+2.2%
1841 1,156−0.7%
1846 1,168+1.0%
1851 1,126−3.6%
1856 1,077−4.4%
1861 1,050−2.5%
1866 1,014−3.4%
1872 953−6.0%
1876 985+3.4%
1881 998+1.3%
1886 982−1.6%
1891 974−0.8%
1896 919−5.6%
1901 883−3.9%
1906 875−0.9%
1911 851−2.7%
1921 820−3.6%
1926 763−7.0%
1931 741−2.9%
1936 702−5.3%
1946 735+4.7%
1954 677−7.9%
1962 614−9.3%
1968 642+4.6%
1975 614−4.4%
1982 614+0.0%
1990 589−4.1%
1999 655+11.2%
2006 673+2.7%
2009 719+6.8%

Heraldry

 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)

Points of interest

See also

References

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