Wormhout
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°ECoordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Wormhout | |
| Intercommunality | CC Hauts de Flandre | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Frédéric Devos | |
| Area1 | 27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 5,527 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59663 /59470 | |
| Elevation | 5–33 m (16–108 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Wormhout (older version: Wormhoudt) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A few people in Wormhout still speak Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch while French-speakers form a majority.
The town's name is of Germanic origin.
Neighbouring towns and villages :
Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)
Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.
Wormhout is twinned with the resort town of Llandudno, Conwy, Wales.
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