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Bergues
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Bergues (; ; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Bergues is a commune in France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bergues and is located in the arrondissement of Dunkirk. The town shares borders with Coudekerque-Village, Socx, Bierne, and Hoymille. Its postal code is 59380, and it is twinned with Erndtebrück.
The area of Bergues is 1.32 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 3,889 residents and another citing 4,355. The male population is recorded as 1,673, while the female population is 1,980. The town has an elevation above sea level of 22 meters, though other sources indicate elevations of 7 or 8 meters. Bergues received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bergues
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,355
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bergues
- French commune.native name
- (Sint-Winoksbergen)
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- 0 Beffroi et place de la République à Bergues (Nord).JPG
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville de Bergues (59) Nord-France.svg
- French commune.image flag
- Flag of Bergues.gif
- French commune.caption
- A street and the belfry of Bergues
- French commune.arrondissement
- Dunkerque
- French commune.canton
- Coudekerque-Branche
- French commune.INSEE
- 59067
- French commune.postal code
- 59380
- French commune.mayor
- Paul-Loup Tronquoy
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Hauts de Flandre
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1
- French commune.elevation max m
- 22
- French commune.area km2
- 1.32
- French commune.website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bergues
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Dunkirk
- Population
- 3525
- Area
- 1.32
- Elevation
- 6
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Bergues
- Shares border with
- Quaëdypre
- Official website
- bergues.fr
- Image
- 0 Tours de l'ancienne abbaye St-Winoc à Bergues (Nord) 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bergues
- twinned administrative body
- Canterbury
- topic's main category
- Category:Bergues
- postal code
- 59380
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- associated electoral district
- canton of Coudekerque-Branche
- male population
- 1673
- female population
- 1980
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-28-68-60-44
- fax number
- +33-3-28-68-71-25
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Heraldry
- Sights
- Gallery
- International relations
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Bergues (; ; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated to the south of Dunkirk and from the Belgian border. Locally it is referred to as "the other Bruges in Flanders". Bergues is a setting for the 2008 movie Welcome to the Sticks (Original French title: ''Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis'').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bergues” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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