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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nieppe (French pronunciation: [njɛp]; Dutch: Niepkerke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It is in the Lys Plain and a portion of it is in the Lys Valley (Leiedal in Dutch).
Nieppe
Niepkerke | |
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Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 2°50′23″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
Canton | Bailleul |
Intercommunality | Flandre Intérieure |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–2026) | Marie Sandra[1] |
Area 1 | 17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 7,606 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Demonym | Nieppois(es) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59431 /59850 |
Elevation | 12–21 m (39–69 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 5,341 | — |
1975 | 6,903 | +3.73% |
1982 | 7,238 | +0.68% |
1990 | 7,417 | +0.31% |
1999 | 7,470 | +0.08% |
2007 | 7,568 | +0.16% |
2012 | 7,412 | −0.42% |
2017 | 7,476 | +0.17% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
It is situated by the Belgian border. It is located close to Armentières, 42 km southeast of Dunkerque (Dunkirk) and is connected by the A25 (15 km) to Lille. It borders the Belgian municipalities Heuvelland and Comines-Warneton.
Nieppe has a railway station served by TER trains from Calais-Ville station and Dunkerque to Lille-Flandres station. Its nearest airports are in Merville (18 km) and Lesquin (24 km)
In its point of its economic view, Nieppe suffered numerous invasions and wars which devastated the area, especially the profit of strategic position of the heart of the agricultural area and more European productives, its strategic axis Lille-Dunkirk via Bailleul and Cassel, the axis, the today's A25.
The arms of Nieppe are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Sable, 6 bezants 3,2,1(Or); 2&3: Argent, a chevron between 3 roses gules.
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Nieppe features its own football (soccer) club FC Nieppe and its handball club (team). Nieppe also has a library named after Maurice Schumann, its painting and music school and K'Dane (a Nieppe (Nieppoise) dance school). Miss Cantine was created during the Second World War and was recreated and named on 31 March 2007. It features several funny faces on the solidarity of several Nieppois residents. Opened by Jules Houcke, mayor of Nieppe created and alimented a scholar cantine, opened equally for old people of the commune.
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