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Steenwerck
Steenwerck is a commune, in French Flanders, in the Nord department in northern France. It is located about north of Lille and in 2013 had a population of 3519. People from Steenwerck are known as Steenwerckois.
It is home to Steenwerck's 100 km à pied race event, which mainly features a marathon, although most local residents prefer to merely walk one lap (roughly 22 km).
Steenwerck also has its own festival giant, as is the tradition in the Nord Department, which is named Totor and is one of the tallest, measuring .
Other places of interest include the Museum of Rural Life as well as three Commonwealth war cemeteries, and a German war cemetery, of the First World War.