Wormhout
Encyclopedia
Wormhout is a commune
in the Nord department in northern France
.
The town's name is of Germanic
origin.
Neighbouring towns and villages :
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Nord department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The town's name is of Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
origin.
Neighbouring towns and villages :
- LedringhemLedringhem- Place names :The village center consists of the main square , the church, the cemetery, the town's hall and the village park, forming an islet nested in a large turn of the route de Wormhout.There are two subdivisons:...
to the south-west, separated by river Peene BecquePeene BecqueThe Peene Becque is a small river in Nord département in France. The word Peene may be related to the modern Dutch word Peen that refers to the wild carrot plant , while becque is the transliteration of the Dutch word beek, referring to a small stream The Peene Becque is a small river in Nord... - EsquelbecqEsquelbecq- History :In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem and governor of La Madeleine hospital in Bierne.- References :*...
Heraldry
Sights
- Old wind mill
- Jeanne Devos museum