Steenwerck

Steenwerck
Commune
The church in Steenwerck
Coat of arms
Location of Steenwerck
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Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 2°46′42″E / 50.701°N 2.7783°E / 50.701; 2.7783
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Devos[1]
Area 1	27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,540
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59581 /59181
Elevation	13–19 m (43–62 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Steenwerck (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃vɛʁk]; Dutch: Steenwerk) is a commune, in French Flanders, in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is located about 25 km (16 mi) north of Lille.^[4] People from Steenwerck are known as Steenwerckois.

It is home to Steenwerck's 100 km à pied^[5] race event, which mainly features a 100 km (62 mi) marathon, although most local residents prefer to merely walk one lap (roughly 22 kilometres (14 mi)).

Steenwerck also has its own festival giant, as is the tradition in the Nord Department, which is named Totor and is one of the tallest, measuring 5.70 m (18.7 ft).

Other places of interest include the Museum of Rural Life^[6] as well as three Commonwealth war cemeteries,^[7] and a German war cemetery, of the First World War.