Leffrinckoucke

Leffrinckoucke (French pronunciation: [ləfʁɛ̃kuk]; Dutch: Leffrinkhoeke; West Flemish: Leffrinkoeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Leffrinckoucke
Commune
The beach at Leffrinckoucke
Coat of arms
Location of Leffrinckoucke
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Coordinates: 51°03′12″N 2°26′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Dunkerque-2
Intercommunality	CU Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Ryckebusch[1]
Area 1	7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,101
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym	Leffrinckouckois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59340 /59495
Elevation	0–23 m (0–75 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry

Arms of Leffrinckoucke

The arms of Leffrinckoucke are blazoned : Chequy argent and azure, a toothed wheel sable pierced gules, above and between 2 stalks of wheat in saltire Or, on a chief wavy Or fimbriated azure, a lion passant sable armed and langued gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,192	—
1975	5,307	+7.53%
1982	5,244	−0.17%
1990	4,641	−1.52%
1999	4,949	+0.72%
2007	4,517	−1.14%
2012	4,411	−0.47%
2017	4,262	−0.68%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Leffrinckoucke is twinned with:

• Węgorzewo in Poland

In popular culture

The end scenes of the film Rosalie Blum were filmed at Leffrinckoucke in May 2015.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department