Godewaersvelde
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Godewaersvelde
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Steenvoorde |
| Intercommunality | Monts de Flandres - Plaine de la Lys |
| Mayor | Antoine Vermeulen (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 27–163 m (89–535 ft) (avg. 41 m or 135 ft) |
| Land area1 | 11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,893 (2006) |
| - Density | 159 /km2 (410 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59262/ 59270 |
| 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°47′41″N 2°38′39″E / 50.7947°N 2.6442°E
Godewaersvelde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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[edit] Heraldry
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The arms of Godewaersvelde are blazoned : |
[edit] Etymology
The name means Godafrithas Heath or Godefried fields. British soldiers called it God during the First World War. (A popular story that claims that Godewaersvelde mean God bless our fields, but it appears unfounded, and is dismissed by linguists and historians)
- 1295-1296: Gaudefroit camp
- 1300: Godeverdesvelde
- 1318: Godefroichamp[1]
[edit] Location
Godewaersvelde is located in northern France along the Belgian border and is in the heart of Flanders, less than half an hour from Lille and Dunkirk. It is one of nine municipalities in the canton of Steenvoorde. Godewaersvelde covers 1189 hectares or nearly 12 square kilometers and is crossed by several county roads: the R & D 948 which connects at the A25 interchange in Poperinge, 139 R & D that leads to Boeschèpe and Eecke, DR 18, which connects Route Méteren to Poperinge.
[edit] See also
[edit] Gallery
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Chapel of Saint Bernard of the Abbaye du Mont des Cats
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"Henri le douanier", giant
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[edit] References
- ^ Sources: Jozef van Overstraeten1
see also La Voix du Nord, News / Hazebrouck / Page 4 / Article 2 Edition Sunday, April 24, 2005
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