Esquelbecq
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Esquelbecq
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| Coordinates: 50°53′11″N 2°25′55″E / 50.8864°N 2.4319°ECoordinates: 50°53′11″N 2°25′55″E / 50.8864°N 2.4319°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkirk | |
| Canton | Wormhout | |
| Intercommunality | Yser | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Michel Devynck | |
| Area1 | 12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 2,124 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59210 /59470 | |
| Elevation | 11–29 m (36–95 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Esquelbecq (from Dutch: Ekelsbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Its southern limit with Ledringhem is chemin de Rubrouck.
In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem (Lord of Esquelbecq and Ledringhem) and governor of La Madeleine hospital in Bierne.
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