Ledringhem

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Coordinates: 50°51′19″N 2°26′30″E / 50.8552777778, 2.44166666667

Administration
Commune of Ledringhem
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkirk
Canton	Cassel
Mayor	Christian Delassus (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	?–? m (avg. ? m)
Land area^¹	? km²
Population^² (?)	?
- Density	?/km² (?)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	?/ 59470
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ledringhem (Dutch: Ledringem) is a village and commune, situated in the "département" of "Nord" (which means North) and the "region" of "Nord-Pas-de-Calais". It is situated also in the ancient territory of the French Flandre, in the part called "Houtland" (or "Wood Land", with the cities of Cassel and Hazebrouck). It is 4 km away of the small town Wormhout. Ledringhem is crossed by the small river Peene Becque.

[edit] History

[edit] The origins

The word is of Saxon, or Frankish origin, and means "Ledring's Home" (heim/ham) ". For proof, the discovery of a treasure, at the end of the 19th century, composed from 50 000 golden coins (25 000 red-colored due to a copper-rich alloy, 25 000 yellow-colored).

[edit] World wars

Shrapnel, like canon shells and bullet casings can still be found in and around the fields here, they are usually found by farmers ploughing,and date back to World War I.

A battle also took place in Ledringhem during World War II, which involved British and German soldiers. There is a Military Cemetery located at the site of the battle