Steenvoorde

Steenvoorde
Steenvoorde
	Town hall
	Steenvoorde
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Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Steenvoorde
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)
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.

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.