Bousbecque

Bousbecque

Coat of arms
Bousbecque

Coordinates: 50°46′17″N 3°04′46″E / 50.7714°N 3.0794°E / 50.7714; 3.0794Coordinates: 50°46′17″N 3°04′46″E / 50.7714°N 3.0794°E / 50.7714; 3.0794
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Tourcoing-Nord
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean Pierre Brand
Area1 6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 4,675
  Density 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 59098 / 59166

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bousbecque (Dutch: Busbeke / Boesbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,540    
1800 1,540+0.0%
1806 1,649+7.1%
1821 1,883+14.2%
1831 1,937+2.9%
1836 1,917−1.0%
1841 1,912−0.3%
1846 1,900−0.6%
1851 1,860−2.1%
1856 1,862+0.1%
1861 1,892+1.6%
1866 1,995+5.4%
1872 2,017+1.1%
1876 2,147+6.4%
1881 2,214+3.1%
1886 2,382+7.6%
1891 2,615+9.8%
1896 2,774+6.1%
1901 3,044+9.7%
1906 3,274+7.6%
1911 3,313+1.2%
1921 2,948−11.0%
1926 2,962+0.5%
1931 3,017+1.9%
1936 3,067+1.7%
1946 2,913−5.0%
1954 3,172+8.9%
1962 3,254+2.6%
1968 3,345+2.8%
1975 3,446+3.0%
1982 3,914+13.6%
1990 3,912−0.1%
1999 4,161+6.4%
2006 4,599+10.5%
2009 4,675+1.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Bousbecque are blazoned :
Vert, 3 stemless trefoils Or.
(these are very like 3 petaled cinqfoils rather than trefoils)

See also

References

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