Ghyvelde

Ghyvelde
Gijvelde
Commune
Ghyvelde in the arrondissement of Dunkirk

Coat of arms
Ghyvelde
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Ghyvelde
Coordinates: 51°03′08″N 2°31′41″E / 51.0522°N 2.5281°E / 51.0522; 2.5281Coordinates: 51°03′08″N 2°31′41″E / 51.0522°N 2.5281°E / 51.0522; 2.5281
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkirk
Canton Dunkerque-2
Intercommunality CU Dunkerque
Government
 • Mayor (2016–2020) Jean Decool
Area1 35.92 km2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 4,130
 • Density 110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ghyveldois
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59260 /59254
Elevation 0–25 m (0–82 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 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.

Ghyvelde (Dutch: Gijvelde) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located on the Belgian border, and just inland from the North Sea. It is, after Bray-Dunes, the second most northern commune of France. The E40/A16 passes through the commune. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Les Moëres was merged into Ghyvelde.[1]

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

[2]

ElectionCandidateParty%
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 52.67
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 50.03
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 55.94
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 75.46

Heraldry

 The arms of Ghyvelde are blazoned :

Ermine, on a bend gules, 3 escallops bendwise Or. (Ghyvelde and Hondschoote use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
  2. ↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/nord-pas-de-calais-picardie/nord,59/ghyvelde,59260/elections/presidentielle-2017/


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