Les Moëres (French pronunciation: [le mɔɛʁ], historically [le mwaʁ]; West Flemish: De Moern) is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Ghyvelde.[3]
Les Moëres | |
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Part of Ghyvelde | |
Location of Les Moëres  | |
  Les Moëres  Les Moëres | |
| Coordinates: 51°01′01″N 2°33′00″E / 51.017°N 2.550°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Dunkerque-2 |
| Commune | Ghyvelde |
| Area 1 | 19.46 km2 (7.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 872 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Morins |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 59122 |
| Elevation | −4–2 m (−13.1–6.6 ft) (avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Heraldry edit
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The arms of Les Moëres are blazoned : Argent, a garb of wheat sable tied argent, within a wreath of wheat sable, tied argent.
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Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 2006 | 724 | — |
| 2011 | 862 | +3.55% |
| 2021 | 872 | +0.12% |
| Source: INSEE[4][1] | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Moëres, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
- ^ Populations légales 2011, INSEE
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