Socx

Socx

Soks
Socx Soks
Commune
	The church in Socx
	Coat of arms
	Location of Socx
	Socx Socx
	Coordinates: 50°56′10″N 2°25′32″E / 50.9361°N 2.4256°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Christian Ley
Area 1	8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population (2021)	890
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Socxois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59570 /59380
Elevation	0–31 m (0–102 ft) ; (avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The population in 1999 was 980.

Geography

Socx is around 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Dunkirk. Its area is 8 km² (3.1 sq mi).

Arms of Socx	The arms of Socx are blazoned : Argent, a lion sable armed and langued within a bordure gules. (Quaëdypre and Socx use the same arms.)

The current mayor is Christian Ley (term of office: 2008-2014). The mayor up to March 2008 was Charles Vandaele.

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" \|	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	66.84
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	66.86
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	68.47
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	82.38