Bambecque
Bambecque () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Etymology. Bambecque has historically been attested as "Banbeca" in 1164. The toponym "Bambecque" is of Germanic origin, deriving from a Low German dialect, ultimately from Proto-West-Germanic "*ban". Within the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, the Germanic hydronym "*-bak(i)" entered the French language via Low German, and took on two forms: the Germanic form "-beek" and Romance "-becque" (also "-bec", "-becques").