Ghyvelde

Ghyvelde (in Dutch: Gijvelde ) is a common of France, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called the ghyveldois.

Geography

Built in the North of Moëres (of the Flemish De Moeren: the Marsh), at the edge of the channel connecting Furnes in Belgium, (12km) with Dunkirk (14 km). The border with Belgium materializes the limit Is city.

History

Ghyvelde is quoted in a cartulaire count de Flandre Baudouin V, gone back to 1067. Devastated on several occasions, Ghyvelde with receipt the Military Cross in 1949

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the fossil Dune, vestige of old sand banks deposited by the Mer 12.000 years ago
Ecomusée Ferme of Bommelaers Wall

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of North

External bonds

Site of official
Intercommunity association of the dunes of Flanders
Ghyvelde on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ghyvelde on the site of INSEE
Ghyvelde on the site of Quid
Localization of Ghyvelde on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ghyvelde on Mapquest

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