Rexpoëde

Rexpoëde Rekspoede
Commune
The church in Rexpoëde
Coat of arms
Location of Rexpoëde
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Coordinates: 50°56′23″N 2°32′27″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CC Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Brongniart[1]
Area ^1	13.37 km^2 (5.16 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,992
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym	Rexpoëdois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59499 /59122
Elevation	7–24 m (23–79 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rexpoëde (French pronunciation: [ʁɛkspud]; from Flemish; Rekspoede in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Dunkirk.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,154	—
1975	1,167	+0.16%
1982	1,384	+2.47%
1990	1,534	+1.29%
1999	1,546	+0.09%
2007	1,754	+1.59%
2012	2,011	+2.77%
2017	2,001	−0.10%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Rexpoëde

The arms of Rexpoëde are blazoned : Argent, a fess sable, on a canton Or a lion sable within a bordure gules.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

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 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