Boursies
Boursies | |
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 The church in Boursies | |
_Nord-france.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Boursies  | |
  Boursies  Boursies | |
| Coordinates: 50°08′27″N 3°02′02″E / 50.1408°N 3.0339°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai |
| Canton | Cambrai |
| Intercommunality | CA Cambrai |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Slimane Rahem[1] |
Area 1 | 7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 392 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59097 /59400 |
| Elevation | 64–103 m (210–338 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Boursies (French pronunciation: [buʁsi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 318 | — |
| 1975 | 285 | −1.55% |
| 1982 | 239 | −2.48% |
| 1990 | 243 | +0.21% |
| 1999 | 285 | +1.79% |
| 2009 | 339 | +1.75% |
| 2014 | 370 | +1.77% |
| 2020 | 408 | +1.64% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Boursies are blazoned : Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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