Bourbourg

Bourbourg (in Dutch: Broekburg ) is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called Bourbourgeois (be).

Geography

Small village of maritime Flanders, located in the district of Dunkirk.

  • the highway network: by-pass Dunkirk/Saint-Omer, immediate proximity of the Trunk road 1 Dunkirk/Calais, proximity of the highway A25 Dunkirk/Lille and Northern littoral by-pass A16, lines of bus Bourbourg/Dunkirk
  • inland waterways: channel of Bourbourg connecting the Aa to the channel with large gauge
  • the rail: line the SNCF Dunkirk/Calais

Origins

The name of the city comes from the Flemish Broec borg , which means “the city of the marsh” (1035: Brucburgh , 1309: Brouborgh ). One finds of them the first traces in the cartulaire of the Abbaye of Ghent.

Armorial bearings

“with the chief of Flanders, overcoming the three thirds of gold”, evocation of famous Celtic neuvaine, where during three times three days, in the ninth month of the year, the druids celebrated their mysteries”.

History

Bourbourg is a city which at the time was divided into several sections at the 18th century there was part of Bourbourg which belonged to the parish Saint Jean-Baptiste. In 1790, the inhabitants of the countryside want to obtain their independence with regard to the middle-class men of the city. The secession leads to the installation of two municipalities that of Bourbourg city and that of Bourbourg countryside. The two communes will be joined together only after the second world war.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Church Midsummer's Day Baptist built at the 13th century, inside one can admire the reliquary: “The Mounting of Notre Dame de Bourbourg”, the end 15th century.

  • the Prison: Near to the church Saint Jean Baptiste, built at the 17th century, still the old dungeons are of what was the prison of the city. Built in 1539, out of yellow bricks, with the framing of the stone windows, the building is classified with the additional inventory of the " historic buildings. "

Tradition

Giant : Gédéon, Arthurine, Florentine Soup Without Bread and Binbin.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Giant of North

  • Common of North

External bonds

  • Town of Bourbourg

  • Bourbourg on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Bourbourg on the site of INSEE
  • Bourbourg on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Bourbourg on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Bourbourg on Mapquest

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