Steenbecque Steenbeke
Commune
The town hall in Steenbecque
Coat of arms
Location of Steenbecque
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Coordinates: 50°40′32″N 2°28′55″E / 50.6756°N 2.4819°E / 50.6756; 2.4819
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Intercommunality	Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Carole Delaire[1]
Area 1	11.96 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	1,650
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59578 /59189
Elevation	17–65 m (56–213 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Steenbecque (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃bɛk]; Dutch: Steenbeke or Steenbeeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Etymology

Steenbecque has historically been attested as Steenbeka in 1183. The toponym Steenbecque is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic *stain. 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 Romance -becque (also -bec, -becques).^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Steenbecque are blazoned : Azure, 3 escallops argent.