Wemaers-Cappel

Wemaers-Cappel
Commune
The town hall in Wemaers-Cappel
Coat of arms
Location of Wemaers-Cappel
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Coordinates: 50°48′29″N2°26′19″E / 50.8081°N 2.4386°E / 50.8081; 2.4386
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CA Cœur de Flandre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurence Barrois[1]
Area ^1	4.13 km^2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	225
• Density	54.5/km^2 (141/sq mi)
Demonym	Wemaers-Cappelois (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59655 /59670
Elevation	30–75 m (98–246 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wemaers-Cappel (French pronunciation:[wemaʁskapɛl]^ⓘ; Dutch: Wemaarskappel) is a commune in the Norddepartment in northern France.^[3]

Heraldry

Arms of Wemaers-Cappe

The arms of Wemaers-Cappe are blazoned :Quarterly 1&4: Azure, a wyvern Or armed and langued gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 chevrons gules.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	255	—
1975	198	−3.55%
1982	198	+0.00%
1990	186	−0.78%
1999	230	+2.39%
2007	253	+1.20%
2012	249	−0.32%
2017	252	+0.24%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE