Steenwerck

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Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 2°46′42″E / 50.701, 2.7783

Commune of Steenwerck
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul-Nord-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Monts de Flandres - Plaine de la Lys
Mayor	Maurice Declercq (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	13 m–19 m (avg. 16 m)
Land area¹	27.47 km²
Population² (1999)	3,263
- Density	118/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59581/ 59181
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Steenwerck is a town in the French region Nord-Pas-de-Calais, arrondissement of Dunkirk. It is located about 25 km north of Lille and as of 2003 has a population of 3,260.

Since 1967 the town is twinned with Hemer, Germany.

Steenwerck is home to the 100 km à pied de Steenwerck marathon which features a traditional marathon, and a 100 km marathon, although most local residents prefer to merely walk one lap (roughly 27 km).

Steenwerck also has its own giant, as is tradition "au nord", which is named Totor and is one of the tallest, measuring 5.70 km.

Other places of interest include the Musée de la Vie Rurale as well as the Trois Abres Cemetery and Grand Beaumart Cemetery of the First World War.

Coordinates: 50°42′04″N, 2°46′42″E