Broxeele

Broxeele
Location of Broxeele
Land	Frankreich
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Yser
Regierung
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hervé Caux
Area 1	3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population  (2005)	299
• Density	79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym	Broxeelois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59111 /59470
Elevation	23–30 m (75–98 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Broxeele (Dutch: Broksele) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border.

Name

The name is derived from the Dutch Broec sele (modern name: Broksele), which means "house (with one room) in the marsh" (in 1072: Brocsela). The name Brussels has exactly the same etymology.

Broxeele and Brussels are sister cities and the city of Brussels has given a replica of Manneken Pis to Broxeele.

Heraldry

Arms of Broxeele

The arms of Broxeele are blazoned : Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or. (Broxeele and Rubrouck use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file