Loon-Plage

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Loon-Plage

(2020–2026) Éric Rommel^[1]Area

35.67 km² (13.77 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,039 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)DemonymLoonois(es)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59359 /59279

Elevation0–25 m (0–82 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loon-Plage (French pronunciation: [lon plaʒ]; Dutch: Loon) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,370	—
1975	5,603	+3.61%
1982	5,482	−0.31%
1990	6,435	+2.02%
1999	6,510	+0.13%
2007	6,214	−0.58%
2012	6,293	+0.25%
2017	6,193	−0.32%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Loon-Plage are blazoned :

Argent billetty, a lion sable armed and langued gules. (Loon-Plage and Spycker use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE