Godewaersvelde
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The old railway station and church
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Godewaersvelde
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| Coordinates: 50°47′41″N 2°38′39″E / 50.7947°N 2.6442°ECoordinates: 50°47′41″N 2°38′39″E / 50.7947°N 2.6442°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Bailleul | |
| Intercommunality | Monts de Flandres - Plaine de la Lys | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Antoine Vermeulen | |
| Area1 | 11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,893 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59262 /59270 | |
| Elevation | 27–163 m (89–535 ft) (avg. 41 m or 135 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.
Godewaersvelde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, near the Belgium border.
The name of the commune means "Godafritha's Heath" or "Godefried Fields". British soldiers called it "God" during the First World War. A popular story claims that Godewaersvelde means "God bless our fields", but it appears to be unfounded, and is dismissed by linguists and historians.
Dutch: Godewaarsvelde; Frans-Vlaams: Godsvelde; official French: Godewaersvelde is in Franse Westhoek, in the Nord Department, France. The community has 2000 dwellers. In the place where French Flemish dialect and in the Westhoek becoming known as Godsvelde is spoken.
Godewaersvelde is located in northern France along the Belgian border and is in the heart of Flanders, less than half an hour from Lille and Dunkirk. It is one of nine municipalities in the canton of Steenvoorde. Godewaersvelde covers 1189 hectares or nearly 12 square kilometers and is crossed by several county roads: the R & D 948 which connects at the A25 interchange in Poperinge, 139 R & D that leads to Boeschèpe and Eecke, DR 18, which connects Route Méteren to Poperinge.
Chapel of Saint Bernard of the Abbaye du Mont des Cats
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