Wormhout

French commune
nomcommune=Wormhout
région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
département=Nord | arrondissement=Dunkirk
canton=Wormhout
insee=59663
cp=59470
maire=René Kerckhove
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de l'Yser, Pays Moulins de Flandre
longitude=2.46861111111
latitude=50.8833333333
alt moy=19 m
alt mini=5 m
alt maxi=33 m
hectares=2 741
km²=27,41
sans=4984
date-sans=1999
dens=181
nomhab=Wormhoutois (es)|

Wormhout or _nl. 'Wormhoudt' is a town in the Arrondissement of Dunkirk in the Nord "département", in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais "région" of France. It is twinned with Welsh town Llandudno. The town's name is of Saxon, or Frankish origin Fact|date=July 2008.

Neighbouring towns and villages :
*Ledringhem to the south-west, separated by river Peene Becque
*Esquelbecq

Education

Wormhout has a number of school providing education structures for all of the pupils around the town : école du bocage, école Roger Salengro, école Saint-Joseph, collège du Houtland, école Jean Moulin, collège Notre-Dame, lycée de l'Yser.

ee also

*Wormhoudt massacre