Coordinates: 50°44′21″N 2°44′00″E / 50.7392°N 2.7333°E
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Commune of Bailleul |
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_Nord-France.svg)  Market place and belfry of Bailleul |
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  Bailleul, Nord
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Bailleul-Nord-Est and Bailleul-Sud-Ouest |
| Intercommunality | Monts de Flandres - Plaine de la Lys |
| Mayor | Michel Giloen (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 14–86 m (46–280 ft) (avg. 44 m/140 ft) |
| Land area1 | 43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 17,191 (2006) |
| - Density | 396 /km2 (1,030 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59043/ 59270 |
| Website | www.ville-bailleul.fr |
| 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. | |
Bailleul (Belle in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is located in French Flanders near Lille.
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Bailleul is the birthplace of French filmmaker Bruno Dumont and served as the setting for his first two feature films. This area is also a setting in the Timothy Findley book The Wars.
Carnival
The inhabitants of Bailleul celebrate carnival with five days of processions and other festivities. The carnival has taken place since 1853, when the Philanthropic Company of Bailleul was founded. During the event, a search takes place for the needy ones of the city. The Gargantua Giant chairs the festivities, seated on his float and accompanied by his kitchen boys.
At the end of Shrove Tuesday, after the final procession of around 50 floats, with local groups, brass bands and plenty of confetti, Doctor Francisco Piccolissimo tries to cure the excesses of some inhabitants in an unconventional way in front of the town hall, and the festival continues late into the night in the town's cafés and bars.
Points of interest
Twin towns
Notable people
- Edmond de Coussemaker
- Pharaon de Winter, painter
- Marguerite Yourcenar : Academic
- Jean Delobel : Politician
- Michel Delebarre : Politician
- Bruno Dumont : Director et filmmaker
- Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Biologist and botanist born in Bailleul in 1839
- Jean-Luc Samyn : Jockey in American Thoroughbred racing
See also
References
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