Brouckerque

Brouckerque Broekkerke
Coat of arms
Brouckerque
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Brouckerque
Coordinates: 50°57′15″N 2°17′34″E / 50.9542°N 2.2928°ECoordinates: 50°57′15″N 2°17′34″E / 50.9542°N 2.2928°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bourbourg
Intercommunality	la Colme
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Decool
Area^1	11.91 km^2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	1,280
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59110 / 59630
Elevation	0–8 m (0–26 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 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.

Brouckerque (from Dutch: Broekkerke^[1] meaning "marsh church") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	500	—
1800	706	+41.2%
1806	630	−10.8%
1821	757	+20.2%
1831	893	+18.0%
1836	912	+2.1%
1841	938	+2.9%
1846	948	+1.1%
1851	937	−1.2%
1856	916	−2.2%
1861	953	+4.0%
1866	949	−0.4%
1872	935	−1.5%
1876	984	+5.2%
1881	981	−0.3%
1886	985	+0.4%
1891	1,040	+5.6%
1896	1,031	−0.9%
1901	1,041	+1.0%
1906	985	−5.4%
1911	915	−7.1%
1921	819	−10.5%
1926	839	+2.4%
1931	829	−1.2%
1936	761	−8.2%
1946	804	+5.7%
1954	741	−7.8%
1962	698	−5.8%
1968	665	−4.7%
1975	924	+38.9%
1982	1,064	+15.2%
1990	1,168	+9.8%
1999	1,165	−0.3%
2006	1,276	+9.5%
2009	1,280	+0.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Brouckerque are blazoned : Argent, on a fess sable, 3 cinqfoils Or.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Brouckerque/Broekkerke: proussel.voila.net