Oxelaëre

Oxelaëre Okselare
Commune
Houses in the centre of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Oxelaëre
Oxelaëre Oxelaëre
Coordinates: 50°47′22″N 2°28′24″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Stéphane Dieusaert
Area 1	4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	528
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Oxelaërois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59454 /59670
Elevation	29–103 m (95–338 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	65.85
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	60.20
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	65.46
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	80.00

Heraldry

Arms of Oxelaëre

The arms of Oxelaëre are blazoned : Chequy Or and gules. (Oxelaëre, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle and Sars-et-Rosières use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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  St Martin's church
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  St Martin's church
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  Porch of St Martin's church
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  Cemetery