Craywick

Craywick
Craywick
Commune
	The church in Craywick
	Flag Coat of arms
	Craywick Craywick
	Coordinates: 50°58′16″N 2°14′13″E / 50.971°N 2.237°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality	CU de Dunkerque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Desmadrille
Area 1	7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59159 /59279
Elevation	0–8 m (0–26 ft) ; (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Craywick (French pronunciation: [kʁɛwik]; French Flemish: Craeywyck and Dutch: Kraaiwijk) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[2]

Heraldry

Arms of Craywick	The arms of Craywick are blazoned : Gules, an escarbuncle pommy and fleury Or, the middle branch ending in a crozier Or, all within a bordure compony argent and sable. (Craywick and Saint-Momelin use the same arms.)

One of the very few places in France with an English name.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.
^ INSEE commune file

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