Nieppe (; nl, Niepkerke) is a

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in the

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department in northern

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/ref> It is in the Lys Plain and a portion of it is in the Lys Valley (Leiedal in Dutch).

Population

Geography

It is situated by the

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border. It is located close to

Armentières Armentières (; vls, Armentiers) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. The motto of the town is ''Pauvre mais fière'' (Poor but proud). Geograp ...

, 42 km southeast of

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France.

(Dunkirk) and is connected by the A25 (15 km) to

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the No ...

. It borders the Belgian municipalities

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and

Comines-Warneton Comines-Warneton (; nl, Komen-Waasten, ; pcd, Comène-Warneuton; vls, Koomn-Woastn; wa, Cômene-Varneton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, it had a total population of 17 ...

. Nieppe has a railway station served by

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trains from

Calais-Ville station Calais-Ville station (French: ''Gare de Calais-Ville)'' is a railway station in the city centre of Calais, France. History Gare de Ville opened in 1849, replacing the temporary St. Pierre station which had opened in 1846 and subsequently became ...

and Dunkerque to

Lille-Flandres station Lille-Flandres station ( French: ''Gare de Lille-Flandres'', Dutch: ''Rijsel Vlaanderen'') is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains. It opened in 1842 as the ''Gar ...

. Its nearest airports are in Merville (18 km) and

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(24 km)

Mayors

*1790-1802: Jean-Marc Chieus *1802-1837: Constant Watelet de Messange *1837-1841: Pierre Portebois *1841-1848: Charles Vanmerris *1848-1865: Cyrille Delangre-Salembié *1865-1870: Edmond Watelet de Messange *1870-1871: Félix Gokelaere *1871-1875: Hippolyte Delbecque *1875-1890: Louis Loridan *1890-1898: Hippolyte Delbecque *1898-1906: Hector Pollet *1906-1939: Henri Vanuxeem *1939-1968: *1968-1972: Renée Houcke

History

In its point of its economic view, Nieppe suffered numerous invasions and wars which devastated the area, especially the profit of strategic position of the heart of the agricultural area and more European productives, its strategic axis ''Lille-Dunkirk'' via Bailleul and Cassel, the axis, the today's A25.

Heraldry

Points of interests

*A local historic museum * Château de Nieppe - features a treasure legend, its part and a centennial tree *War cemeteries of the

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: ** Nieppe Communal Cemetery ** Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery ** Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery

People

Line Renaud Line Renaud (born 2 July 1928) is a French singer, actress and AIDS activist. Early life Line Renaud was born Jacqueline Ente in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the we ...

(born in 1928) * Jules Houcke

Other

Nieppe features its own football (soccer) club FC Nieppe and its handball club (team). Nieppe also has a library named after

Maurice Schumann Maurice Schumann (; 10 April 1911 – 9 February 1998) was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou from 22 June 1969 to 15 March 1973. Schumann w ...

, its painting and music school and K'Dane (a Nieppe (Nieppoise) dance school). Miss Cantine was created during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

and was recreated and named on March 31, 2007. It features several funny faces on the solidarity of several Nieppois residents. Opened by Jules Houcke, mayor of Nieppe created and alimented a scholar cantine, opened equally for old people of the commune.