Steenbecque

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Steenbecque

Total population

1,650

Elevation17 m

Land area11.96 km²

Coordinates50.67°, 2.48°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Steenbecque is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

René Goblet

French politician (1828-1905)

M

Marcel Ourdouillié

French footballer (1913-1962)

Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire

French musician (1842-1907)

Louis Frémaux

French conductor (1921–2017)

E

Eric de Bisschop

French sailor (1891–1958)

Charles-Louis-Félix Franchot

French inventor (1809–1881)

Yohan Lachor

French footballer

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Albert-Eugène Edouard Decarpentry

French equestrian and officer (1878–1956)

A

André Mollet

French bicycle racer

Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest

French diplomat

Candice Patou

French actress

H

Henry de Lacaze

French politician and art collector

F

François-Joseph Lefebvre-Cayet

French politician (1748-1811)

G

Guyart des Moulins

author of the first Bible translation in French, known as the Bible Historiale (1251–1322)

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Angèle Bory d'Arnex

French writer

J

Jean-Luc Bécart

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hauts-de-France

• Aire-sur-la-Lys
  4.6 mi away · pop. 9,585
• Renescure
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,128
• Merville
  7.1 mi away · pop. 9,652
• Cassel
  8.7 mi away · pop. 2,227
• Flêtre
  8.9 mi away · pop. 969
• Arques
  9.2 mi away · pop. 9,655
• Allouagne
  9.8 mi away · pop. 2,852
• Vendin-lès-Béthune
  10 mi away · pop. 2,393
• Chocques
  10 mi away · pop. 2,824
• Méteren
  10.1 mi away · pop. 2,256
• Estaires
  10.6 mi away · pop. 6,496
• Locon
  10.7 mi away · pop. 2,342

Browse all places in Hauts-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-06-10

Stripe-legged Robber Fly

Dioctria hyalipennis

Seen 2026-06-07

Cereal Fly

Geomyza tripunctata

Seen 2026-06-06

Purple hairstreak

Favonius quercus

Seen 2026-06-05

Metopoplax ditomoides

Metopoplax ditomoides

Seen 2026-06-03

Garden Grass-veneer

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Seen 2026-06-02

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-05-30

Broad Centurion Fly

Chloromyia formosa

Seen 2026-05-30

Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

Seen 2026-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers