Wormhout

Wormhout
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 Dunkirk
Canton Wormhout
Intercommunality Yser
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) René Kerckhove
Area1 27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 4,984
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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

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

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

  1. ↑ Wormhout Tourist Office. See "Origine et histoire" under "Renseignements".
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