Bambecque

Bambecque (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃bɛk]; Dutch: Bambeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Bambecque
Bambeke
Commune
The church in Bambecque
The church in Bambecque
Coat of arms of Bambecque
Coat of arms
Location of Bambecque
Bambecque is located in France
Bambecque
Bambecque
Bambecque is located in Hauts-de-France
Bambecque
Bambecque
Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 2°32′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityHauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Grégoire Francke[1]
Area
1
11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
822
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59046 /59470
Elevation2–24 m (6.6–78.7 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

Bambecque has historically been attested as Banbeca in 1164. The toponym Bambecque is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *ban. Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -beek and Romance -becque (also -bec, -becques).[4]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,000—    
1800 1,019+1.9%
1806 1,139+11.8%
1821 1,143+0.4%
1831 1,139−0.3%
1836 1,164+2.2%
1841 1,156−0.7%
1846 1,168+1.0%
1851 1,126−3.6%
1856 1,077−4.4%
1861 1,050−2.5%
1866 1,014−3.4%
1872 953−6.0%
1876 985+3.4%
1881 998+1.3%
1886 982−1.6%
1891 974−0.8%
1896 919−5.6%
1901 883−3.9%
YearPop.±%
1906 875−0.9%
1911 851−2.7%
1921 820−3.6%
1926 763−7.0%
1931 741−2.9%
1936 702−5.3%
1946 735+4.7%
1954 677−7.9%
1962 614−9.3%
1968 642+4.6%
1975 614−4.4%
1982 614+0.0%
1990 589−4.1%
1999 655+11.2%
2006 673+2.7%
2009 719+6.8%
2011 739+2.8%
2015 744+0.7%

Heraldry
Arms of Bambecque
Arms of Bambecque
 The arms of Bambecque are blazoned :
Argent, a lion sable, armed and langued gules. (The arms of Bambecque, Crochte, Killem and Maing are essentially the same)



Points of interest

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Caljouw, William Robert (1981). Germanic elements in French Toponymy (Thesis). University of British Columbia. pp. 148, 151. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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