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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Téteghem
|image              = LocatieTetegem.PNG
|caption            = Téteghem in the arrondissement of Dunkirk
|arrondissement     = Dunkerque
|canton             = Coudekerque-Branche
|INSEE              = 59588
|postal code        = 59229
|commune            = Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village
|coordinates        = {{coord|51.019|2.444|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 2
|elevation min m    = 0
|elevation max m    = 10
|area km2           = 18.41
|population         = 6905
|population date    = 2019
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
|demonym            = Téteghemois
}}
'''Téteghem''' ({{IPA|fr|tetɡɛm}}; [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and {{langx|vls|Tetegem}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] [[Departments of France|department]], northern [[France]].<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|37289|Téteghem}}</ref> On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune [[Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village]].<ref>[http://www.nord.gouv.fr/content/download/30377/220925/file/Recueil%20N%C2%B0%20293%20du%201er%20d%C3%A9cembre%202015.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 30 November 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==History==
Téteghem is one of the communes with a name ending on "-hem". This suffix meaning house, dwelling or village became ''-Ghem''. ''Tete-'' would come from a personal name; Tatto, perhaps, [[Theodore (name)|Theodore]] or Theodoric, personified by the giant of the town. Maybe this was the residence of [[Theodoric of Haverskerque|Theodoric]] of [[Haverskerque]]. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, the territory depends on the powerful ''châtellerie'' [[Bergues]] until the annexation of territory with the acquisition of [[Flanders]] to the English by [[Louis XIV]] in 1662. Téteghem went down the sea, its area of 1924 hectares of which must be removed from the territory of Rosendal become [[Rosendaël]] in 1860 and the Place of [[Uxem]], attached to Uxem in 1996. The area increased to 1884 ha.
In the [[Second World War]], Téteghem formed part of the perimeter defences during the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] in 1940.
==Heraldry==
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason ville fr Téteghem (Nord).svg
|legend1=Arms of Téteghem
|text=The arms of Téteghem are [[blazon]]ed :<br />''Checky argent and azure, a bend gules.''
}}
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Nord department]]
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