Uxem

Uxem Uksem
Commune
Saint-Amand Church in Uxem
Coat of arms
Location of Uxem
Uxem Uxem
Coordinates: 51°01′20″N 2°29′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Coudekerque-Branche
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	André-Pierre Becquet
Area 1	8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,497
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Demonym	Uxemois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59605 /59229
Elevation	−2–3 m (−6.6–9.8 ft) (avg. 0 m or 0 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Dunkirk.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	55.77
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	52.54
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	59.57
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	77.84

Heraldry

Arms of Uxem

The arms of Uxem are blazoned : Gules, 3 leopards Or impaled with Checky argent and azure, a canton ermine.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file