Armbouts-Cappel

Armbouts-Cappel Armboutskappel
Coat of arms
Armbouts-Cappel
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Armbouts-Cappel
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bergues
Intercommunality	Dunkerque grand littoral
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Darcourt
Area1	10.15 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,468
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59016 / 59380
Elevation	0–6 m (0–20 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 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.

Armbouts-Cappel (from Dutch: Armboutskappel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is a few kilometers south of Dunkirk.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	404	—
1800	453	+12.1%
1806	469	+3.5%
1821	540	+15.1%
1831	613	+13.5%
1836	696	+13.5%
1841	798	+14.7%
1846	833	+4.4%
1851	850	+2.0%
1856	864	+1.6%
1861	922	+6.7%
1866	1,005	+9.0%
1872	1,052	+4.7%
1876	1,100	+4.6%
1881	1,159	+5.4%
1886	1,162	+0.3%
1891	1,146	−1.4%
1896	1,227	+7.1%
1901	1,164	−5.1%
1906	1,206	+3.6%
1911	1,206	+0.0%
1921	1,159	−3.9%
1926	1,153	−0.5%
1931	1,137	−1.4%
1936	1,092	−4.0%
1946	828	−24.2%
1954	1,033	+24.8%
1962	1,049	+1.5%
1968	1,048	−0.1%
1975	1,178	+12.4%
1982	2,562	+117.5%
1990	2,656	+3.7%
1999	2,674	+0.7%
2006	2,458	−8.1%
2009	2,468	+0.4%

Heraldry

The arms of Armbouts-Cappel are blazoned : Ermine, a chevron sable.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file