Ghyvelde

Ghyvelde Gijvelde
Commune
Ghyvelde in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
Coat of arms
Location of Ghyvelde
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Coordinates: 51°03′08″N 2°31′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Dunkerque-2
Intercommunality	CU Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Theodon[1]
Area ^1	35.92 km^2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,119
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym	Ghyveldois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59260 /59254
Elevation	0–25 m (0–82 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ghyvelde (French pronunciation: [ɡivɛld]; Dutch: Gijvelde, West Flemish: Gyvelde) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is located on the Belgian border, and just inland from the North Sea. It is, after Bray-Dunes, the second most northern commune of France. The E40/A16 passes through the commune. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Les Moëres was merged into Ghyvelde.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,674	—
1975	2,697	+0.12%
1982	3,817	+5.09%
1990	3,666	−0.50%
1999	3,679	+0.04%
2007	3,882	+0.67%
2012	4,130	+1.25%
2017	4,193	+0.30%
Source: INSEE[5]

Gallery

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  Town hall
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  Saint-Vincent church

Heraldry

Arms of Ghyvelde

The arms of Ghyvelde are blazoned : Ermine, on a bend gules, 3 escallops bendwise Or. (Ghyvelde and Hondschoote use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE