HAZEBROUCK, a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name in the department of Nord, is situated on the Bourre, 32 miles W.N.W. of Lille, in a district formerly covered with marshes. It stands on the Lille and Calais Railway, at the junction of the branch from Dunkirk. The town is governed by a sub-prefect, and has a court of primary instance with two juges de paix, besides various offices of excise and inland revenue. There are numerous religious and charitable societies including the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiens, Soeurs de Charité, anol Dames de la Sainte Union. The convent of Capuchins, built near the town in 1854, is now occupied by a school. Haze-broιck contains some handsome public buildings, as the church of St Nicolas, with a tower 260 feet high, of fine open work, built about 1520, the hôtel de ville (1807- 1813), the prison for the department, two theatres, and the communal college. The Augustinian convent, built in the 16th century, with a façade of the 17th century, is now occupied in its several parts by the hospital, a tobaccowarehouse, a market, and college lecture-rooms. A chamber of agriculture meets in the town, where there are also a small public library and a secondary school. The principal manufactures are linen cloth, thread, soap, beer, oil, lime, aud salt. There are also tanneries, salt-refineries, corn-mills, and dye-works. Trade in country produce, cattle, timber, and hops is also cιrried on. Population (1876) of the district 9857, of the town 6363.