Wormhout

Wormhout
Wormhout
Commune
	The church in Wormhout
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wormhout
	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	David Calcoen
Area 1	27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,705
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym	Wormhoutois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Wormhout (French pronunciation:

West Flemish: Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] Several people in Wormhout still speak West Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch and the traditional language of the region, while French-speakers

form a majority, due to centuries of French political and cultural influence.

The town's name is of Germanic origin, meaning "Wormwood."^[4]

Neighbouring towns and villages :

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,004	—
1975	4,332	+5.37%
1982	5,133	+2.45%
1990	5,057	−0.19%
1999	4,984	−0.16%
2007	5,223	+0.59%
2012	5,388	+0.62%
2017	5,632	+0.89%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Wormhout	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

Old wind mill
Jeanne Devos museum
Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery

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.