West-Cappel

West-Cappel
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of West-Cappel
West-Cappel West-Cappel
Coordinates: 50°55′47″N 2°30′22″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CC Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	André Figoureux
Area 1	7.57 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population  (2014)	562
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Demonym	West-Cappelois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59657 /59380
Elevation	6–27 m (20–89 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

West-Cappel is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	2017	Marine Le Pen	FN	51.12
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	60.77
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	58.56
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	75.68

Heraldry

Arms of West-Cappel

The arms of West-Cappel are blazoned : Argent, a bend fusil gules. (probably not heraldically significantly different from Noordpeene)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file