Bazuel

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

Bazuel
Commune
A view within Bazuel
Coat of arms
Location of Bazuel
Bazuel Bazuel
Coordinates: 50°05′30″N 3°35′21″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Jean-Félix Macarez
Area ^1	11.81 km^2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	525
• Density	44/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59055 /59360
Elevation	112–158 m (367–518 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Cambrai.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	550	—
1800	703	+27.8%
1806	848	+20.6%
1821	959	+13.1%
1831	1,112	+16.0%
1836	1,167	+4.9%
1841	1,216	+4.2%
1846	1,243	+2.2%
1851	1,299	+4.5%
1856	1,239	−4.6%
1861	1,256	+1.4%
1866	1,288	+2.5%
1872	1,245	−3.3%
1876	1,153	−7.4%
1881	1,056	−8.4%
1886	1,026	−2.8%
1891	966	−5.8%
1896	931	−3.6%
1901	940	+1.0%
1906	941	+0.1%
1911	881	−6.4%
1921	689	−21.8%
1926	753	+9.3%
1931	770	+2.3%
1936	710	−7.8%
1946	713	+0.4%
1954	762	+6.9%
1962	788	+3.4%
1968	801	+1.6%
1975	795	−0.7%
1982	726	−8.7%
1990	674	−7.2%
1999	571	−15.3%
2006	602	+5.4%
2009	578	−4.0%
2011	553	−4.3%
2015	540	−2.4%

Heraldry

Arms of Basuel

The arms of Bazuel are blazoned : Gules, a rose slipped and leaved argent. (Bazuel, Maretz and Saint-Benin use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.