Esquelbecq
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Esquelbecq Ekelsbeke |
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
Canton | Wormhout |
Intercommunality | Yser |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Michel Devynck |
Area1 | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 2,124 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59210 / 59470 |
Elevation | 11–29 m (36–95 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 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. |
Esquelbecq (from Dutch: Ekelsbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Its southern limit with Ledringhem is chemin de Rubrouck.
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Heraldry
The arms of Esquelbecq are blazoned : Or, a chevron azure between 3 mullets of 5 gules. |
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motto: vaincre ou mourir (win or die) |
History
In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem (Lord of Esquelbecq and Ledringhem) and governor of La Madeleine hospital in Bierne.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Bierne history (French)
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