Leffrinckoucke

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Olivier Ryckebusch^[1]Area7.28 km² (2.81 sq mi)Population4,124 • Density570/km² (1,500/sq mi)DemonymLeffrinckouckois (es)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–23 m (0–75 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Leffrinckoucke (French pronunciation: [ləfʁɛ̃kuk]; Dutch: Leffrinkhoeke; West Flemish: Leffrinkoeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Leffrinckoucke are blazoned : Chequy argent and azure, a toothed wheel sable pierced gules, above and between 2 stalks of wheat in saltire Or, on a chief wavy Or fimbriated azure, a lion passant sable armed and langued gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,192	—
1975	5,307	+7.53%
1982	5,244	−0.17%
1990	4,641	−1.52%
1999	4,949	+0.72%
2007	4,517	−1.14%
2012	4,411	−0.47%
2017	4,262	−0.68%
Source: INSEE[4]

Twin towns

Leffrinckoucke is twinned with:

• Węgorzewo in Poland

In popular culture

The end scenes of the film Rosalie Blum were filmed at Leffrinckoucke in May 2015.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References