Wormhout

Wormhout
Wormhout
Commune
	The church in Wormhout
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°ECoordinates: 50°53′00″N 2°28′07″E / 50.8833°N 2.4686°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Hauts de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Devos
Area 1	27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,665
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Wormhoutois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59663 /59470
Elevation	5–33 m (16–108 ft) ; (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wormhout (French pronunciation: [wɔʁmut]; older version: Wormhoudt; West Flemish: Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Several people in Wormhout still speak Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch and the traditional language of the region, while French-speakers form a majority, due to centuries of French political and cultural influence.

The town's name is of Germanic origin, meaning "Wormwood."^[2]

Neighbouring towns and villages :

Ledringhem to the south-west, separated by river Peene Becque
Esquelbecq

Wormhout town Hall

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	5,191	—
2007	5,223	+0.6%
2008	5,254	+0.6%
2009	5,254	+0.0%
2010	5,229	−0.5%
2011	5,308	+1.5%
2012	5,388	+1.5%
2013	5,469	+1.5%
2014	5,527	+1.1%
2015	5,565	+0.7%
2016	5,598	+0.6%

Politics[]

Presidential Elections 2nd Round[]

	Winning Candidate	Party	%
2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	52.52
2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	54.48
2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	55.95
2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	77.87

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Heraldry[]

	The arms of Wormhout are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)

Sights[]

Wormhout wind mill

Civilian and two World War I graves at Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery

Old wind mill
Jeanne Devos museum
Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery

Education[]

Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.