Esquelbecq
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
| Canton | Wormhout |
| Intercommunality | Yser |
| Mayor | Jean-Michel Devynck (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 11–29 m (36–95 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft) |
| Land area1 | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,124 (1999) |
| - Density | 167 /km2 (430 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59210/ 59470 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 50°53′11″N 2°25′55″E / 50.8864°N 2.4319°E
Esquelbecq (from Dutch: Ekelsbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Its southern limit with Ledringhem is chemin de Rubrouck.
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[edit] Heraldry
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The arms of Esquelbecq are blazoned : |
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| motto: vaincre ou mourir (win or die) | ||
[edit] History
In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem (Lord of Esquelbecq and Ledringhem) and governor of La Madeleine hospital in Bierne.[1]
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- ^ Bierne history (French)
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