Les Moëres, Nord

Part of Ghyvelde in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Les Moëres

51°01′01″N 2°33′00″E / 51.017°N 2.550°E / 51.017; 2.550CountryFranceRegionHauts-de-FranceDepartmentNordArrondissementDunkerqueCantonDunkerque-2CommuneGhyvelde Area

19.46 km² (7.51 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

872 • Density45/km² (120/sq mi)DemonymMorinsTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

59122

Elevation−4–2 m (−13.1–6.6 ft)
(avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Moëres (French pronunciation: [le mɔɛʁ], historically [le mwaʁ]; West Flemish: De Moern) is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Ghyvelde.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Les Moëres are blazoned :
Argent, a garb of wheat sable tied argent, within a wreath of wheat sable, tied argent.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	724	—
2011	862	+3.55%
2021	872	+0.12%
Source: INSEE^[4]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Moëres, EHESS (in French).
^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2015 (in French)
^ Populations légales 2011, INSEE