Steenvoorde
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  Steenvoorde | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Steenvoorde | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′40″N 2°34′53″E / 50.8112°N 2.5813°ECoordinates: 50°48′40″N 2°34′53″E / 50.8112°N 2.5813°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Steenvoorde |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Géants |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Pierre Bataille |
| Area1 | 29.82 km2 (11.51 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 4,024 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59580 / 59114 |
| Elevation |
8–67 m (26–220 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Steenvoorde is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Once part of the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, Steenvoorde was the site of the beginning of the Beeldenstorm, or "Iconoclastic Fury." Today the city is known for its Géants du Nord, sculptures of giants that can be admired in summer festivals.
Heraldry
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The arms of Steenvoorde are blazoned : Barry Or and azure, in chief in fess 3 annulets impaled with Quarterly 2&4: Or, 3 ?pallets couped? sable within a bordure engrailed azure; 2&3: Barry argent and azure, a lion sable. |
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Steenvoorde, church: église Saint Pierre
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