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Bambecque (; ) is a commune in the
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department in northern
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Etymology

Bambecque has historically been attested as ''Banbeca'' in 1164. The toponym ''Bambecque'' is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic '' *ban''. Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym '' *-bak(i)'' entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form ''-beek'' and
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''-becque'' (also ''-bec'', ''-becques'').


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Points of interest

* Jardin botanique du Val d'Yser


See also

*
Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):


References

Communes of Nord (French department) French Flanders {{DunkirkArrondissement-geo-stub