Steenbecque

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

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Commune
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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 (2022)^[2]	1,626
• Density	140/km² (350/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

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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]