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Ghyvelde ( nl, Gijvelde, vls, Gyvelde) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
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department in northern
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. It is located on the
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border, and just inland from the
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. It is, after
Bray-Dunes Bray-Dunes (; vls, Bray-Duunn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on the Belgian border, with Adinkerke being the closest Belgian town. It is the northernmost commune and the northernmost point in all of Fr ...
, the second most northern commune of France. The E40/ A16 passes through the commune. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Les Moëres was merged into Ghyvelde.Arrêté préfectoral
30 November 2015


Gallery

File:Ghyvelde - Town hall 1.jpg, Town hall File:Ghyvelde - Eglise Saint-Vincent 2.jpg, Saint-Vincent church


Heraldry


See also

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Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Nord (French department) Communes nouvelles of Nord French Flanders {{Nord-geo-stub