Ghyvelde

Ghyvelde (French pronunciation: [ɡivɛld]; Dutch: Gijvelde, West Flemish: Gyvelde) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is located on the Belgian border, and just inland from the North Sea. It is, after Bray-Dunes, the second most northern commune of France. The E40/A16 passes through the commune. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Les Moëres was merged into Ghyvelde.^[4]

Ghyvelde Gijvelde
Commune
Ghyvelde in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
Coat of arms
Location of Ghyvelde
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Coordinates: 51°03′08″N 2°31′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Dunkerque-2
Intercommunality	CU Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Anthony Raes[1]
Area 1	35.92 km2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,126
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym	Ghyveldois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59260 /59254
Elevation	0–25 m (0–82 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 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.
1968	2,674	—
1975	2,697	+0.12%
1982	3,817	+5.09%
1990	3,666	−0.50%
1999	3,679	+0.04%
2007	3,882	+0.67%
2012	4,130	+1.25%
2017	4,193	+0.30%
Source: INSEE[5]

Gallery

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  Town hall
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  Saint-Vincent church

Heraldry

Arms of Ghyvelde

The arms of Ghyvelde are blazoned : Ermine, on a bend gules, 3 escallops bendwise Or. (Ghyvelde and Hondschoote use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department