Ghyvelde
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Ghyvelde Gijvelde |
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Ghyvelde in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
Canton | Hondschoote |
Intercommunality | Flandre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean Decool |
Area1 | 16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 3,009 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Ghyvelde (Dutch: Gijvelde) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located at the North Sea and at the Belgian border. It is, apart from Bray-Dunes, the most northern commune of France.
The E40/A16 passes through the commune.
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Heraldry
The arms of Ghyvelde are blazoned : Ermine, on a bend gules, 3 escallops bendwise Or. (Ghyvelde and Hondschoote use the same arms.) |
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