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Armbouts-Cappel

Coordinates: 50°58′42″N 2°21′15″E / 50.9783°N 2.3542°E / 50.9783; 2.3542
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Armbouts-Cappel
Armboutskappel
The bridge in Grand-Millebrugghe
The bridge in Grand-Millebrugghe
Coat of arms of Armbouts-Cappel
Location of Armbouts-Cappel
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Armbouts-Cappel is located in France
Armbouts-Cappel
Armbouts-Cappel
Armbouts-Cappel is located in Hauts-de-France
Armbouts-Cappel
Armbouts-Cappel
Coordinates: 50°58′42″N 2°21′15″E / 50.9783°N 2.3542°E / 50.9783; 2.3542
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonCoudekerque-Branche
IntercommunalityCU de Dunkerque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Luc Darcourt[1]
Area
1
10.15 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,125
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59016 /59380
Elevation0–6 m (0–20 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.

Armbouts-Cappel (French pronunciation: [aʁmbuts kapɛl]; from Dutch: Armboutskappel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

It is 7 kilometers south of the centre of Dunkirk.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 404—    
1821 540+1.04%
1846 833+1.75%
1872 1,052+0.90%
1901 1,164+0.35%
1926 1,153−0.04%
1946 828−1.64%
1962 1,049+1.49%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,048−0.02%
1975 1,178+1.68%
1982 2,562+11.74%
1990 2,656+0.45%
1999 2,677+0.09%
2007 2,411−1.30%
2012 2,437+0.21%
2017 2,281−1.31%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of Armbouts-Cappel
Arms of Armbouts-Cappel
The arms of Armbouts-Cappel are blazoned :
Ermine, a chevron sable.



See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). 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 Armbouts-Cappel, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE