Broxeele
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Broxeele | |
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| The town hall in Broxeele The town hall in Broxeele | |
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Coat of arms of Broxeele Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Wormhout |
| Intercommunality | Hauts de Flandre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Pauwels[1] |
Area 1 | 3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59111 /59470 |
| Elevation | 23–30 m (75–98 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Broxeele (French pronunciation: [bʁɔksɛl]; Dutch: Broksele) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]
It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border.
Name
[edit | edit source]The name is derived from the Dutch Broec sele (modern name: Broksele), which means "house (with one room) in the marsh" (in 1072: Brocsela). The name Brussels has exactly the same etymology.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 209 | — |
| 1975 | 190 | −1.35% |
| 1982 | 211 | +1.51% |
| 1990 | 270 | +3.13% |
| 1999 | 269 | −0.04% |
| 2009 | 304 | +1.23% |
| 2014 | 355 | +3.15% |
| 2020 | 397 | +1.88% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
International relations
[edit | edit source]Broxeele and Brussels are sister cities and the city of Brussels has given a replica of Manneken Pis to Broxeele.
Heraldry
[edit | edit source]| The arms of Broxeele are blazoned : Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or. (Broxeele and Rubrouck use the same arms.)
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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