Spycker

Coordinates: 50°58′12″N 2°19′27″E / 50.97°N 2.3242°E / 50.97; 2.3242
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Spycker
Commune
Town hall in Spycker
Town hall in Spycker
Coat of arms of Spycker
Coat of arms
Location of Spycker
Map
Spycker is located in France
Spycker
Spycker
Spycker is located in Hauts-de-France
Spycker
Spycker
Coordinates: 50°58′12″N 2°19′27″E / 50.97°N 2.3242°E / 50.97; 2.3242
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonCoudekerque-Branche
IntercommunalityCommunauté urbaine de Dunkerque
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Luc Goetbloet
Area
1
9.19 km2 (3.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
1,752
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59576 /59380
Elevation0–5 m (0–16 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Spycker (French pronunciation: [spikɛʁ]; Dutch: Spijker, pronounced [ˈspɛi̯kər]; West Flemish: Spyker) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

History

Spycker was liberated by soldiers of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in September 1944.[2]

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election Candidate Party %
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" | 2017 Marine Le Pen FN 59.19
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 50.20
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 56.41
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 75.52

[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Spycker
Arms of Spycker
 The arms of Spycker are blazoned :

Argent billetty, a lion sable armed and langued gules. (Loon-Plage and Spycker use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ O'Keefe, David R. "With Blinders On: The Black Watch and the Battle for Spycker, September 12–14, 1944." Canadian Army Journal, Volume 11, No. 1 Spring 2008.
  3. ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/nord-pas-de-calais-picardie/nord,59/oost-cappel,59448/elections/presidentielle-2017/
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