Steenvoorde

Steenvoorde
Steenvoorde
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Steenvoorde
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	Coordinates: 50°48′40″N 2°34′53″E / 50.8112°N 2.5813°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Pays des Géants
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Pierre Bataille
Area 1	29.82 km2 (11.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)	4,024
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym	Steenvoordois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59580 /59114
Elevation	8–67 m (26–220 ft) ; (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Steenvoorde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Once part of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, Steenvoorde was the site of the beginning of the Beeldenstorm, or "Iconoclastic Fury." Today the city is known for its Géants du Nord, sculptures of giants that can be admired in summer festivals.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" \|	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	56.60
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	55.05
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	53.66
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	80.18

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Heraldry

Arms of Steenvoorde	The arms of Steenvoorde are blazoned : Barry Or and azure, in chief in fess 3 annulets impaled with Quarterly 2&4: Or, 3 ?pallets couped? sable within a bordure engrailed azure; 2&3: Barry argent and azure, a lion sable.