Wemaers-Cappel

Wemaers-Cappel
Commune
The town hall in Wemaers-Cappel
Coat of arms
Location of Wemaers-Cappel
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Coordinates: 50°48′29″N2°26′19″E / 50.8081°N 2.4386°E / 50.8081; 2.4386
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CA Cœur de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Barrois [1]
Area 1	4.13 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	229
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Wemaers-Cappelois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59655 /59670
Elevation	30–75 m (98–246 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wemaers-Cappel is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. ^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Wemaers-Cappe

The arms of Wemaers-Cappe are blazoned  : Quarterly 1&4: Azure, a wyvern Or armed and langued gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 chevrons gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	255	—
1975	198	−3.55%
1982	198	+0.00%
1990	186	−0.78%
1999	230	+2.39%
2007	253	+1.20%
2012	249	−0.32%
2017	252	+0.24%
Source: INSEE [4]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE