Boeschepe

Boeschepe
Coat of arms
Boeschepe
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Boeschepe
Coordinates: 50°48′01″N 2°41′31″E / 50.8003°N 2.6919°ECoordinates: 50°48′01″N 2°41′31″E / 50.8003°N 2.6919°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Steenvoorde
Intercommunality	Monts de Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Bourgeois
Area^1	13.59 km^2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	2,202
• Density	160/km^2 (420/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59086 / 59299
Elevation	28–153 m (92–502 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 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.

Boeschepe is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, next to the Belgian border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,758	—
1800	1,473	−16.2%
1806	1,692	+14.9%
1821	1,862	+10.0%
1831	1,935	+3.9%
1836	1,975	+2.1%
1841	1,938	−1.9%
1846	1,953	+0.8%
1851	1,985	+1.6%
1856	1,954	−1.6%
1861	2,011	+2.9%
1866	2,103	+4.6%
1872	2,201	+4.7%
1876	2,241	+1.8%
1881	2,175	−2.9%
1886	2,222	+2.2%
1891	2,234	+0.5%
1896	2,208	−1.2%
1901	2,184	−1.1%
1906	2,284	+4.6%
1911	2,180	−4.6%
1921	2,064	−5.3%
1926	2,093	+1.4%
1931	1,969	−5.9%
1936	2,058	+4.5%
1946	2,111	+2.6%
1954	2,089	−1.0%
1962	2,085	−0.2%
1968	2,015	−3.4%
1975	1,883	−6.6%
1982	1,747	−7.2%
1990	1,906	+9.1%
1999	2,012	+5.6%
2006	2,177	+8.2%
2009	2,202	+1.1%

Heraldry

The arms of Boeschepe are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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  Town hall

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  View of Boeschepe from the south

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  The Ondankmeulen (unthankfullness windmill)