Wormhout

Wormhout
Commune

Coat of arms
Wormhout
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Wormhout
Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°E / 50.8833; 2.4686Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°E / 50.8833; 2.4686
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Wormhout
Intercommunality CC Hauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Frédéric Devos
Area1 27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 5,527
 • Density 200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Wormhoutois
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59663 /59470
Elevation 5–33 m (16–108 ft)
(avg. 19 m or 62 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.

Wormhout (older version: Wormhoudt) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A few people in Wormhout still speak Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch while French-speakers form a majority.

The town's name is of Germanic origin.[1]

Neighbouring towns and villages :

Wormhout town Hall

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 52.52
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 54.48
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 55.95
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 77.87

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Heraldry

 The arms of Wormhout are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

Sights

Wormhout wind mill
  • Old wind mill
  • Jeanne Devos museum

Education

Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.

Twinnage

Wormhout is twinned with the resort town of Llandudno, Conwy, Wales.

See also

References


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