Steenvoorde

Steenvoorde
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Steenvoorde Location within Hauts-de-France region Steenvoorde
Coordinates: 50°48′40″N 2°34′53″E / 50.8112°N 2.5813°E / 50.8112; 2.5813Coordinates: 50°48′40″N 2°34′53″E / 50.8112°N 2.5813°E / 50.8112; 2.5813
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Pays des Géants
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Pierre Bataille
Area1	29.82 km2 (11.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	4,024
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Steenvoordois
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59580 /59114
Elevation	8–67 m (26–220 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 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.

Steenvoorde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Once part of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, Steenvoorde was the site of the beginning of the Beeldenstorm, or "Iconoclastic Fury." Today the city is known for its Géants du Nord, sculptures of giants that can be admired in summer festivals.

Steenvoorde, church: église Saint Pierre

Politics

Heraldry

The arms of Steenvoorde are blazoned : Barry Or and azure, in chief in fess 3 annulets impaled with Quarterly 2&4: Or, 3 ?pallets couped? sable within a bordure engrailed azure; 2&3: Barry argent and azure, a lion sable.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steenvoorde.

• Town website