Wormhout

Wormhout
Wormhout
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Wormhout
Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°ECoordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Yser
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Kerckhove
Area^1	27.41 km^2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	4,984
• Density	180/km^2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	59663 / 59470
Elevation	5–33 m (16–108 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wormhout (older version: Wormhoudt) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. A few people in Wormhout still speak Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch while French-speakers form a majority.

The town's name is of Germanic origin.^[1]

Neighbouring towns and villages :

• Ledringhem to the south-west, separated by river Peene Becque
• Esquelbecq

Wormhout town Hall

Heraldry

The arms of Wormhout are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

Sights

Wormhout wind mill

• Old wind mill
• Jeanne Devos museum

Education

Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.

Twinnage

Wormhout is twinned with the resort town of Llandudno, Conwy, Wales.

See also

• Wormhoudt massacre
• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Wormhout Tourist Office. See "Origine et histoire" under "Renseignements".