Bersillies

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

Bersillies
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Bersillies
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Coordinates: 50°19′18″N 4°00′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Marie-Paule Rousselle
Area ^1	2.83 km^2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	252
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59072 /59600
Elevation	120–154 m (394–505 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	192	—
1800	204	+6.2%
1806	155	−24.0%
1821	156	+0.6%
1831	207	+32.7%
1836	204	−1.4%
1841	200	−2.0%
1846	192	−4.0%
1851	194	+1.0%
1856	201	+3.6%
1861	186	−7.5%
1866	192	+3.2%
1872	177	−7.8%
1876	185	+4.5%
1881	169	−8.6%
1886	159	−5.9%
1891	147	−7.5%
1896	138	−6.1%
1901	160	+15.9%
1906	176	+10.0%
1911	156	−11.4%
1921	109	−30.1%
1926	132	+21.1%
1931	131	−0.8%
1936	206	+57.3%
1946	162	−21.4%
1954	161	−0.6%
1962	198	+23.0%
1968	173	−12.6%
1975	193	+11.6%
1982	246	+27.5%
1990	272	+10.6%
1999	275	+1.1%
2006	263	−4.4%
2007	261	−0.8%
2009	270	+3.4%
2013	253	−6.3%
2015	257	+1.6%

Heraldry

Arms of Bersillies

The arms of Bersillies 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

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