Drincham

Drincham Drinkam
Commune
The church in Drincham
Coat of arms
Location of Drincham
Drincham Drincham
Coordinates: 50°54′24″N 2°18′36″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Luc Waymel
Area 1	3.38 km2 (1.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	278
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym	Drinchamois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59182 /59630
Elevation	1–15 m (3.3–49.2 ft) (avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Drincham (from Flemish; Drinkam in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Drincham is about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Dunkirk.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	52.70
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	56.89
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	60.12
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	72.41

Heraldry

Arms of Drincham

The arms of Drincham are blazoned : Chequy argent and azure, a bordure gules.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file