Zegerscappel

Coordinates: 50°53′16″N 2°23′02″E / 50.8878°N 2.3839°E / 50.8878; 2.3839
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Zegerscappel
Zegerskappel
The church in Zegerscappel
The church in Zegerscappel
Coat of arms of Zegerscappel
Location of Zegerscappel
Map
Dunkerque
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityHauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Chantal Comyn[1]
Area
1
17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,536
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Zegerscappelois, Zegerscappeloises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code /59470
Elevation7–40 m (23–131 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Zegerscappel (French pronunciation: [zeɡɛʁskapɛl]; from Dutch; Zegerskappel in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

It is 15 km (9 mi) south of

Dunkerque
.

Heraldry

Arms of Zegerscappel
Arms of Zegerscappel
The arms of Zegerscappel are blazoned :
Azure, a chevron argent between 2 anchors and a cow passant Or, a chief per pale 1 Gules, a mitre Or, and 2 paly Or and gules.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,650—    
1800 1,707+0.49%
1806 1,769+0.60%
1821 1,823+0.20%
1831 1,775−0.27%
1836 1,805+0.34%
1841 1,875+0.76%
1846 1,746−1.42%
1851 1,709−0.43%
1856 1,702−0.08%
1861 1,739+0.43%
1866 1,768+0.33%
1872 1,762−0.06%
1876 1,771+0.13%
1881 1,699−0.83%
1886 1,608−1.09%
1891 1,568−0.50%
1896 1,545−0.30%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,535−0.13%
1906 1,611+0.97%
1911 1,497−1.46%
1921 1,400−0.67%
1926 1,367−0.48%
1931 1,341−0.38%
1936 1,306−0.53%
1946 1,344+0.29%
1954 1,242−0.98%
1962 1,193−0.50%
1968 1,202+0.13%
1975 1,208+0.07%
1982 1,179−0.35%
1990 1,252+0.75%
1999 1,200−0.47%
2009 1,472+2.06%
2014 1,533+0.82%
2020 1,540+0.08%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Zegerscappel, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE