Winnezeele
Winnezeele, Dutch Winnezele, is a commune with 1215 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Nord, in the Nord -Pas -de -Calais. In Winnezeele West Flemish is spoken.
Geography
The municipality is located in Winnezeele French Flanders in the far north of France, about 27 kilometers southeast of Dunkerque and 40 kilometers north-west of Lille. In the east, the municipality borders on Belgium (municipality Poperinge ). The mostly flat area of the municipality is of some streams flowing through it ( Herzeele, Sale Becque, Ey Becque ), all of which drain into the north to the Yser.
In addition to the closed settlement pattern of the village core are in the municipality of Winnezeele the districts Droogland, Le Pont des Planches and Les Six Chemins as well as numerous scattered individual farms.
Neighboring communities of Winnezeele are Herzeele in the north, Houtkerque in the northeast, Poperinge in the east, the south and Steenvoorde Oudezeele in the West.
Demographics
Attractions
- Church of St. Martin in the 17th century
- Motte Winnezeele, entry in the additional list of Monuments historiques
- Former brewery in the Route du Droogland, which was founded in the second half of the 19th century under the name Donat Cattoen; later she was called Donat Callven and Decroocq; it was abandoned after the Second World War and is still used as a storage
Traffic
The Autoroute A25 from Dunkerque to Lille ( with a connection to the east of the town center ) divides the municipality in half.