Boussières-sur-Sambre

Boussières-sur-Sambre

Coat of arms
Boussières-sur-Sambre

Coordinates: 50°14′27″N 3°52′57″E / 50.2408°N 3.8825°E / 50.2408; 3.8825Coordinates: 50°14′27″N 3°52′57″E / 50.2408°N 3.8825°E / 50.2408; 3.8825
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Hautmont
Intercommunality Sambre - Avesnois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Claude Dupont
Area1 3.28 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 520
  Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59103 / 59330
Elevation 122–164 m (400–538 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 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.

Boussières-sur-Sambre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 141    
1800 164+16.3%
1806 154−6.1%
1821 136−11.7%
1831 177+30.1%
1836 173−2.3%
1841 214+23.7%
1846 228+6.5%
1851 251+10.1%
1856 261+4.0%
1861 300+14.9%
1866 298−0.7%
1872 297−0.3%
1876 333+12.1%
1881 391+17.4%
1886 365−6.6%
1891 382+4.7%
1896 439+14.9%
1901 436−0.7%
1906 470+7.8%
1911 460−2.1%
1921 433−5.9%
1926 409−5.5%
1931 418+2.2%
1936 398−4.8%
1946 360−9.5%
1954 396+10.0%
1962 432+9.1%
1968 428−0.9%
1975 412−3.7%
1982 449+9.0%
1990 423−5.8%
1999 428+1.2%
2006 493+15.2%
2009 520+5.5%

Heraldry

The arms of Boussières-sur-Sambre 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

References

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