Leffrinckoucke

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

Leffrinckoucke
The beach at Leffrinckoucke
Coat of arms
Location of Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke
Coordinates: 51°03′12″N 2°26′42″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonDunkerque-2
IntercommunalityDunkerque
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Bernard Weisbecker
Area
1
7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
4,262
  Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Leffrinckouckois (es)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59340 /59495
Elevation0–23 m (0–75 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry

Arms of Leffrinckoucke
The arms of Leffrinckoucke are blazoned :
Chequy argent and azure, a toothed wheel sable pierced gules, above and between 2 stalks of wheat in saltire Or, on a chief wavy Or fimbriated azure, a lion passant sable armed and langued gules.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

[2]

ElectionCandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 56.86
2012 François Hollande PS 55.37
2007 Ségolène Royal PS 50.36
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 78.29

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20064,571    
20074,517−1.2%
20084,456−1.4%
20094,517+1.4%
20104,482−0.8%
20114,446−0.8%
20124,411−0.8%
20134,366−1.0%
20144,306−1.4%
20154,293−0.3%
20164,277−0.4%

Twin towns

Leffrinckoucke is twinned with:

The end scenes of the film Rosalie Blum were filmed at Leffrinckoucke in May 2015.

See also

References

Notes



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