Wormhout

Wormhout (French pronunciation: ​[wɔʁmut]; 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
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
5,665
 • Density210/km2 (540/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

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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 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. Wormhout Tourist Office. See "Origine et histoire" under "Renseignements".
  3. "Résultats France - Présidentielle 2017 - 1er et 2nd tour". Archived from the original on 2017-04-20.


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