Hazebrouck

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Hazebrouck
Hazebroek
Town hall

Coat of arms
Hazebrouck
Coordinates: 50°43′30″N 2°32′21″E / 50.725°N 2.5392°E / 50.725; 2.5392Coordinates: 50°43′30″N 2°32′21″E / 50.725°N 2.5392°E / 50.725; 2.5392
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Hazebrouck-Nord & Hazebrouck-Sud
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Allossery
Area
 • Land1 26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Population2 21,396
 • Population2 Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59295 / 59190
Elevation 17–66 m (56–217 ft)
(avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
Website www.ville-hazebrouck.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Location of Hazebrouck in the arrondissement of Dunkirk

Hazebrouck (Dutch: Hazebroek) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Hazebrouck in Flanders was a small market town before it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual popular language used in the town until 1880. At that time French was taught at school by mandate of the French government in an effort to "Frenchify" the people of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and to extinguish their Flemish roots. The development of the railways linked Hazebrouck to Lille to Calais and Dunkirk.

History

Hazebrouck's town hall was built in the 19th century and the oldest monument of the town is St Eloi's church. During the two world wars Hazebrouck was an important military target. Many British soldiers are buried in the cemeteries around the town. In the town museum, which was originally a chapel and friary of the Augustines, visitors can see the Hazebrouck's giants: Roland, Tijse-Tajse, Toria and Babe-Tajse; a collection of Flemish and French paintings and a traditional Flemish kitchen.

Hazebrouck is twinned with the market town of Faversham in Kent, United Kingdom.

The entrance of the chapel
  • A private Chapel which is now part of College Saint-Jacques can now be visited. This old College was an English hospital during the first world war and a twinning is still active in 2008 with Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham (Kent). School exchanges take place every year and are very beneficial to all who attend.

Heraldry

The arms of Hazebrouck are blazoned :
Argent, a lion sable langued gules, holding an inescutcheon Or charged with a 'coney courant bendwise proper.

Communications

The town enjoys excellent rail connections, with frequent daily services to Lille and Paris, some by High Speed Line. There is a small international airport, concentrating on business flights, at Merville-Calonne just 12 kilometre / 8 miles away. There is good access to the national Autoroute network connecting Hazebrouck with Dunkirk and Lille and, less directly, Arras, Paris, Calais and Brussels.

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Legend
Calais Ville
Les Fontinettes
Pont-D'Ardres
Nortkerque
Ruminghem
Watten-Éperlecques
Saint-Omer
Hazebouck / Hazebroek
Strazeele
Bailleul / Belle
Steenwerck
Nieppe
Armentières
Perenchies
Gare de Saint Andre
La Madeleine
Gare de Lille Flandres

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