Blaringhem

Blaringhem (French pronunciation: [blaʁɛ̃ɡɛm]; Dutch: Blaringem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Blaringhem
Commune
The road into Blaringhem
Coat of arms
Location of Blaringhem
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Coordinates: 50°41′33″N 2°24′16″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Intercommunality	CA Cœur de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Régis Duquénoy[1]
Area 1	18.23 km2 (7.04 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,046
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59084 /59173
Elevation	17–76 m (56–249 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,777 —     1821 1,815 +0.08% 1846 1,763 −0.12% 1872 1,885 +0.26% 1901 1,714 −0.33% 1926 1,622 −0.22% 1946 1,467 −0.50% 1962 1,465 −0.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,412 −0.61% 1975 1,395 −0.17% 1982 1,358 −0.38% 1990 1,611 +2.16% 1999 1,791 +1.18% 2007 2,034 +1.60% 2012 2,023 −0.11% 2017 2,069 +0.45%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Blaringhem

The arms of Blaringhem are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Azure, a chevron between 3 mullets Or; 2&3: Or, a chevron azure, between 3 Moorsheads sable with headband argent.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department