Bambecque

Bambecque Bambeke
Coat of arms
Bambecque
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bambecque
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Hondschoote
Intercommunality	Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Grégoire Francke
Area1	11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	719
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59046 / 59470
Elevation	2–24 m (6.6–78.7 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

Bambecque (from Dutch, Bambeke in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,000	—
1800	1,019	+1.9%
1806	1,139	+11.8%
1821	1,143	+0.4%
1831	1,139	−0.3%
1836	1,164	+2.2%
1841	1,156	−0.7%
1846	1,168	+1.0%
1851	1,126	−3.6%
1856	1,077	−4.4%
1861	1,050	−2.5%
1866	1,014	−3.4%
1872	953	−6.0%
1876	985	+3.4%
1881	998	+1.3%
1886	982	−1.6%
1891	974	−0.8%
1896	919	−5.6%
1901	883	−3.9%
1906	875	−0.9%
1911	851	−2.7%
1921	820	−3.6%
1926	763	−7.0%
1931	741	−2.9%
1936	702	−5.3%
1946	735	+4.7%
1954	677	−7.9%
1962	614	−9.3%
1968	642	+4.6%
1975	614	−4.4%
1982	614	+0.0%
1990	589	−4.1%
1999	655	+11.2%
2006	673	+2.7%
2009	719	+6.8%

Heraldry

The arms of Bambecque are blazoned : Argent, a lion sable, armed and langued gules. (The arms of Bambecque, Crochte, Killem and Maing are essentially the same)

Points of interest

• Jardin botanique du Val d'Yser

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file