Hazebrouck

Hazebrouck Hazebroek
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Hazebrouck
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Coordinates: 50°43′30″N 2°32′21″E / 50.725°N 2.5392°E / 50.725; 2.5392
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Intercommunality	Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valentin Belleval[1]
Area 1	26.2 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	21,498
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Hazebrouckois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59295 /59190
Elevation	17–66 m (56–217 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
Website	www.ville-hazebrouck.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hazebrouck (French pronunciation: [azbʁuk], Dutch: Hazebroek, pronounced [ˈɦaːzəbruk], West Flemish: Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France.^[3] It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1880, when French was taught at school by mandate of the French government in an effort to "Frenchify" the people of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and to extinguish their Flemish roots. The development of the railways linked Hazebrouck to Lille to Calais and Dunkirk.