Volckerinckhove

Volckerinckhove
Commune

Coat of arms
Volckerinckhove
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Volckerinckhove
Coordinates: 50°50′22″N 2°18′23″E / 50.8394°N 2.3064°E / 50.8394; 2.3064Coordinates: 50°50′22″N 2°18′23″E / 50.8394°N 2.3064°E / 50.8394; 2.3064
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkirk
Canton Wormhout
Intercommunality CC Hauts de Flandre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Paul Monsterleet
Area1 9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 487
  Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Volckerinckhovois
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59628 /59470
Elevation 15–61 m (49–200 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 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.

Volckerinckhove is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Volckerinckhove location in arrondissement of Dunkirk and canton of Wormhout

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 56.36
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 61.93
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 63.82
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 75.42

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Heraldry

The arms of Volckerinckhove are blazoned :
Sable, on a chief argent, 2 mullets of 6 points pierced gules.

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