Loon-Plage

Loon-Plage
Commune

Coat of arms
Loon-Plage
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Loon-Plage
Coordinates: 50°59′41″N 2°13′14″E / 50.9947°N 2.2206°E / 50.9947; 2.2206Coordinates: 50°59′41″N 2°13′14″E / 50.9947°N 2.2206°E / 50.9947; 2.2206
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality CU Dunkerque
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Eric Rommel
Area1 35.67 km2 (13.77 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 6,510
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Loonois(es)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59359 /59279
Elevation 0–25 m (0–82 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 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.

Loon-Plage is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionCandidateParty%
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 62.90
2012 François Hollande PS 53.59
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52.44
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 72.77

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Heraldry

 The arms of Loon-Plage are blazoned :

Argent billetty, a lion sable armed and langued gules. (Loon-Plage and Spycker use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/nord-pas-de-calais-picardie/nord,59/loon-plage,59359/elections/presidentielle-2002/


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