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Hazebrouck

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Also known as Hazebroek, Oazebroeke

Hazebrouck (; , ; ) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1880, when French was taught at school by mandate of the French government in an effort to "Frenchify" the people of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and to extinguish their Flemish roots. The development of the railways linked Hazebrouck to Lille to Calais and Dunkirk.

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Hazebrouck is a commune in the Nord department of northern France that grew from a small Flemish market town into an important railway junction in the 1860s. The town's development was shaped by its railroad connections to major cities like Lille, Calais, and Dunkirk, and by French government efforts to replace the local West Flemish language with French starting in 1880.

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Place details

Locality: Hazebrouck
Region: Hauts-de-France
Country: France
Population: 23,307

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French commune.name: Hazebrouck
French commune.native name: Hazebroek
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image coat of arms: Hazebrouck armoiries.gif
French commune.image: Hazebrouck_Hotel_de_Ville_R01.jpg
French commune.caption: Town hall
French commune.arrondissement: Dunkerque
French commune.canton: Hazebrouck
French commune.INSEE: 59295
French commune.postal code: 59190
French commune.mayor: Valentin Belleval
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: CA Cœur de Flandre
French commune.elevation m: 23
French commune.elevation min m: 17
French commune.elevation max m: 66
French commune.area km2: 26.2
French commune.demonym: Hazebrouckois

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Hazebrouck
Demonym: Hazebrouckois
Population: 21912
Area: 26.2
Elevation: 29
Official website: www.ville-hazebrouck.fr
Image: Hazebrouck Hotel de Ville R01.jpg

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Commons category: Hazebrouck
postal code: 59190
male population: 10188
female population: 11253
social media followers: 1023
P8168: Jean-Frédéric Ostervald
native label: Hazebrouck
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +33-3-28-43-44-45
fax number: +33-3-28-40-78-66

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History
World War I: Fourth Battle of Ypres and Hazebrouck
Heraldry
Population
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
Town twinning
College Saint-Jacques private chapel
Transportation
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Hazebrouck (; , ; ) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1880, when French was taught at school by mandate of the French government in an effort to "Frenchify" the people of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and to extinguish their Flemish roots. The development of the railways linked Hazebrouck to Lille to Calais and Dunkirk.

==History== The incorporation into France of what had previously been a Flemish town was ratified in the 1678 Treaties of Nijmegen.

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Communes of Nord (French department)French Flanders