Bambecque

Bambecque (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃bɛk]; Dutch: Bambeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Bambecque Bambeke
Commune
The church in Bambecque
Coat of arms
Location of Bambecque
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Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 2°32′55″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Grégoire Francke[1]
Area 1	11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	842
• Density	71.3/km2 (185/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Etymology

Bambecque has historically been attested as Banbeca in 1164. The toponym Bambecque is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *ban. Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -beek and Romance -becque (also -bec, -becques).^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	642	—
1975	614	−0.64%
1982	614	+0.00%
1990	589	−0.52%
1999	655	+1.19%
2009	719	+0.94%
2014	747	+0.77%
2020	822	+1.61%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Bambecque

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