Millam

Millam
Millam in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
Millam
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Millam
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Bourbourg
Intercommunality	Colme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Marie Burie
Area1	12.44 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	648
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59402 / 59143
Elevation	−0.5–54 m (−1.6–177.2 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
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.

Millam is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

A chapel dedicated to the Mercian Saint Mildrith (Mildred), Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet, who is said to have stayed there, exists in Millam, but is privately owned and not easily visited.

Heraldry

The arms of Millam are blazoned : Gules, on a chief argent 3 martlets of the first.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• (French) Millam at the Institut Géographique National
• (French) Millam at the INSEE