Morbecque

Morbecque Moerbeke
Commune
The town hall in Morbecque
Coat of arms
Morbecque Morbecque
Coordinates: 50°41′39″N 2°31′06″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Intercommunality	Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Darques
Area 1	44.34 km2 (17.12 sq mi)
Demonym	Morbecquois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59416 /59190
Elevation	15–69 m (49–226 ft) (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Morbecque (Dutch: Moerbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,116	—
1975	2,437	+2.04%
1982	2,577	+0.80%
1990	2,541	−0.18%
1999	2,669	+0.55%
2007	2,702	+0.15%
2012	2,620	−0.61%
2017	2,538	−0.63%
Source: INSEE

Heraldry

Arms of Morbecque

The arms of Morbecque are blazoned: Azure, a fess Or. (Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre, Borre, Morbecque, Prisches, Cazilhac and Aubière use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department