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Nieppe

Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 2°50′23″E / 50.7039°N 2.8397°E / 50.7039; 2.8397
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Nieppe
Niepkerke
Commune
The town hall in Nieppe
The town hall in Nieppe
Coat of arms of Nieppe
Coat of arms
Location of Nieppe
Map
Nieppe is located in France
Nieppe
Nieppe
Nieppe is located in Hauts-de-France
Nieppe
Nieppe
Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 2°50′23″E / 50.7039°N 2.8397°E / 50.7039; 2.8397
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonBailleul
IntercommunalityFlandre Intérieure
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Marie Sandra[1]
Area
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17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,606
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
DemonymNieppois(es)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59431 /59850
Elevation12–21 m (39–69 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nieppe (French pronunciation: [njɛp]; Dutch: Niepkerke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It is in the Lys Plain and a portion of it is in the Lys Valley (Leiedal in Dutch).

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,341—    
1975 6,903+3.73%
1982 7,238+0.68%
1990 7,417+0.31%
1999 7,470+0.08%
2007 7,568+0.16%
2012 7,412−0.42%
2017 7,476+0.17%
Source: INSEE[4]

Geography

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It is situated by the Belgian border. It is located close to Armentières, 42 km southeast of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) and is connected by the A25 (15 km) to Lille. It borders the Belgian municipalities Heuvelland and Comines-Warneton.

Nieppe has a railway station served by TER trains from Calais-Ville station and Dunkerque to Lille-Flandres station. Its nearest airports are in Merville (18 km) and Lesquin (24 km)

Mayors

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  • 1790-1802: Jean-Marc Chieus
  • 1802-1837: Constant Watelet de Messange
  • 1837-1841: Pierre Portebois
  • 1841-1848: Charles Vanmerris
  • 1848-1865: Cyrille Delangre-Salembié
  • 1865-1870: Edmond Watelet de Messange
  • 1870-1871: Félix Gokelaere
  • 1871-1875: Hippolyte Delbecque
  • 1875-1890: Louis Loridan
  • 1890-1898: Hippolyte Delbecque
  • 1898-1906: Hector Pollet
  • 1906-1939: Henri Vanuxeem
  • 1939-1968: Jules Houcke [fr]
  • 1968-1972: Renée Houcke

History

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In its point of its economic view, Nieppe suffered numerous invasions and wars which devastated the area, especially the profit of strategic position of the heart of the agricultural area and more European productives, its strategic axis Lille-Dunkirk via Bailleul and Cassel, the axis, the today's A25.

Heraldry

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Arms of Nieppe
Arms of Nieppe
 The arms of Nieppe are blazoned :
Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants 3,2,1(Or); 2&3: Argent, a chevron between 3 roses gules.



Points of interests

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People

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Other

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Nieppe features its own football (soccer) club FC Nieppe and its handball club (team). Nieppe also has a library named after Maurice Schumann, its painting and music school and K'Dane (a Nieppe (Nieppoise) dance school). Miss Cantine was created during the Second World War and was recreated and named on 31 March 2007. It features several funny faces on the solidarity of several Nieppois residents. Opened by Jules Houcke, mayor of Nieppe created and alimented a scholar cantine, opened equally for old people of the commune.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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