Bachant

Bachant

Town hall

Coat of arms
Bachant

Coordinates: 50°12′55″N 3°51′55″E / 50.2153°N 3.8653°E / 50.2153; 3.8653Coordinates: 50°12′55″N 3°51′55″E / 50.2153°N 3.8653°E / 50.2153; 3.8653
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Berlaimont
Intercommunality Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean Gandibleux
Area1 9.37 km2 (3.62 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,393
  Density 260/km2 (660/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59041 / 59138
Elevation 127–169 m (417–554 ft)
(avg. 142 m or 466 ft)

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.

Bachant is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 399    
1800 487+22.1%
1806 536+10.1%
1821 612+14.2%
1831 674+10.1%
1836 688+2.1%
1841 744+8.1%
1846 788+5.9%
1851 824+4.6%
1856 867+5.2%
1861 895+3.2%
1866 931+4.0%
1872 964+3.5%
1876 935−3.0%
1881 976+4.4%
1886 1,004+2.9%
1891 1,006+0.2%
1896 1,036+3.0%
1901 1,053+1.6%
1906 1,052−0.1%
1911 1,124+6.8%
1921 1,274+13.3%
1926 1,684+32.2%
1931 1,959+16.3%
1936 2,084+6.4%
1946 1,224−41.3%
1954 2,054+67.8%
1962 2,568+25.0%
1968 2,750+7.1%
1975 2,692−2.1%
1982 2,534−5.9%
1990 2,498−1.4%
1999 2,385−4.5%
2006 2,400+0.6%
2009 2,393−0.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Bachant are blazoned :

Gules, a chevron Or between 3 trefoils argent. (Bachant and Vieux-Mesnil use the same arms.)

See also

References

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