Téteghem

Téteghem
Téteghem
Part of Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
	Téteghem in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
	Location of Téteghem
	Dunkerque
Canton	Coudekerque-Branche
Commune	Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
Area 1	18.41 km2 (7.11 sq mi)
Population (2019)	6,905
• Density	380/km2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym	Téteghemois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	59229
Elevation	0–10 m (0–33 ft) ; (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Téteghem (French pronunciation:

West Flemish: Tetegem) is a former commune in the Nord department, northern France.^[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village.^[3]

History

Téteghem is one of the communes with a name ending on "-hem". This suffix meaning house, dwelling or village became -Ghem. Tete- would come from a personal name; Tatto, perhaps,

Theodore or Theodoric, personified by the giant of the town. Maybe this was the residence of Theodoric of Haverskerque. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, the territory depends on the powerful châtellerie Bergues until the annexation of territory with the acquisition of Flanders to the English by Louis XIV in 1662. Téteghem went down the sea, its area of 1924 hectares of which must be removed from the territory of Rosendal become Rosendaël in 1860 and the Place of Uxem

, attached to Uxem in 1996. The area increased to 1884 ha.

In the

Second World War, Téteghem formed part of the perimeter defences during the Battle of Dunkirk

in 1940.