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Bousbecque

Coordinates: 50°46′17″N 3°04′46″E / 50.7714°N 3.0794°E / 50.7714; 3.0794
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Bousbecque
A general view of Bousbecque
A general view of Bousbecque
Coat of arms of Bousbecque
Location of Bousbecque
Map
Bousbecque is located in France
Bousbecque
Bousbecque
Bousbecque is located in Hauts-de-France
Bousbecque
Bousbecque
Coordinates: 50°46′17″N 3°04′46″E / 50.7714°N 3.0794°E / 50.7714; 3.0794
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonLambersart
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Joseph Lefebvre[1]
Area
1
6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,847
 • Density750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59098 /59166
Elevation17 m (56 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bousbecque (French pronunciation: [buzbɛk]; Dutch: Busbeke / Boesbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,540—    
1821 1,883 0.72%
1846 1,900 0.04%
1872 2,017 0.23%
1901 3,044 1.43%
1926 2,962−0.11%
1946 2,913−0.08%
1962 3,254 0.69%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,345 0.46%
1975 3,446 0.43%
1982 3,914 1.84%
1990 3,912−0.01%
1999 4,157 0.68%
2007 4,621 1.33%
2012 4,706 0.37%
2017 4,831 0.53%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

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



See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bousbecque, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE