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
The beach at Leffrinckoucke
Coat of arms of Leffrinckoucke
Coat of arms
Location of Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke is located in France
Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke is located in Hauts-de-France
Leffrinckoucke
Leffrinckoucke
Coordinates: 51°03′12″N 2°26′42″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonDunkerque-2
IntercommunalityCU Dunkerque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Olivier Ryckebusch[1]
Area
1
7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
4,150
 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
DemonymLeffrinckouckois (es)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59340 /59495
Elevation0–23 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
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
YearPop.±% 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:

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

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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