Bondues

Bondues
Coat of arms
Bondues
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Bondues
Coordinates: 50°42′08″N 3°05′38″E / 50.7022°N 3.0939°ECoordinates: 50°42′08″N 3°05′38″E / 50.7022°N 3.0939°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Marcq-en-Barœul
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor	Patrick Delebarre
Area^1	13.05 km^2 (5.04 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	9,837
• Density	750/km^2 (2,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59090 / 59910
Elevation	18–53 m (59–174 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,313	—
1800	2,254	−2.6%
1806	2,383	+5.7%
1821	2,573	+8.0%
1831	2,841	+10.4%
1836	2,851	+0.4%
1841	2,925	+2.6%
1846	3,027	+3.5%
1851	3,028	+0.0%
1856	3,127	+3.3%
1861	3,375	+7.9%
1866	3,380	+0.1%
1872	3,294	−2.5%
1876	3,289	−0.2%
1881	3,206	−2.5%
1886	3,246	+1.2%
1891	3,447	+6.2%
1896	3,146	−8.7%
1901	3,147	+0.0%
1906	3,113	−1.1%
1911	3,311	+6.4%
1921	2,746	−17.1%
1926	2,876	+4.7%
1931	2,979	+3.6%
1936	3,188	+7.0%
1946	3,161	−0.8%
1954	3,310	+4.7%
1962	3,574	+8.0%
1968	3,961	+10.8%
1975	6,706	+69.3%
1982	8,840	+31.8%
1990	10,281	+16.3%
1999	10,674	+3.8%
2006	10,151	−4.9%
2009	9,837	−3.1%

Heraldry

The arms of Bondues are blazoned : Or, a canton sable.

International relations

Bondues is twinned with:

• Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England (since 1992)
• Wülfrath, Germany (since 2003)

Sports

Soccer clubs: USB (Union sportive bonduoise) and CJB (Club des Jeunes de Bondues) fusionnés en FCB (football club de Bondues)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Town council website (in French)
• Musée de la Résistance website (in French)