Steenbecque

Steenbecque (Dutch: Steenbeke or Steenbeeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Steenbecque

Steenbeke
Commune
The town hall in Steenbecque
Coat of arms
Location of Steenbecque
Steenbecque
Steenbecque
Coordinates: 50°40′32″N 2°28′55″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonHazebrouck
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Carole Delaire
Area
1
11.96 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,690
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59578 /59189
Elevation17–65 m (56–213 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

Steenbecque has historically been attested as Steenbeka in 1183. The toponym Steenbecque is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *stain. Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym *-bak(i) entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form -beek and Romantic -becque (also -bec, -becques).[2]

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round
ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 55.13
2012 François Hollande PS 51.63
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52.07
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 82.57

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Heraldry
Arms of Steenbecque
 The arms of Steenbecque are blazoned :
Azure, 3 escallops argent.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Caljouw, William Robert (1981). "Germanic elements in French Toponymy". University of British Columbia. pp. 148, 151. doi:10.14288/1.0094985. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//


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