Wormhout

Wormhout (older version: Wormhoudt; West Flemish: Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Several people in Wormhout still speak Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch and the traditional language of the region, while French-speakers form a majority, due to centuries of French political and cultural influence.

Wormhout
Commune
The church in Wormhout
Coat of arms
Location of Wormhout
Wormhout
Wormhout
Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityHauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Frédéric Devos
Area
1
27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
5,632
 • Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Wormhoutois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59663 /59470
Elevation5–33 m (16–108 ft)
(avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The town's name is of Germanic origin, meaning "Wormwood."[2]

Neighbouring towns and villages :

Wormhout town Hall

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20065,191—    
20075,223+0.6%
20085,254+0.6%
20095,254+0.0%
20105,229−0.5%
20115,308+1.5%
20125,388+1.5%
20135,469+1.5%
20145,527+1.1%
20155,565+0.7%
20165,598+0.6%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round
ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 52.52
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 54.48
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 55.95
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 77.87

[3]

Heraldry
Arms of Wormhout
 The arms of Wormhout are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

Sights
Wormhout wind mill
Civilian and two World War I graves at Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery

Education

Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.

Twinnage

Wormhout is twinned with the resort town of Llandudno, Conwy, Wales.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Wormhout Tourist Office. See "Origine et histoire" under "Renseignements".


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