Bousbecque

Bousbecque (Dutch: Busbeke / Boesbeke) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Bousbecque
Commune
A general view of Bousbecque
Coat of arms
Location of Bousbecque
Bousbecque Bousbecque
Coordinates: 50°46′17″N 3°04′46″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lambersart
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joseph Lefebvre
Area ^1	6.44 km^2 (2.49 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,831
• Density	750/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59098 /59166
^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 1,540 —     1800 1,540 +0.0% 1806 1,649 +7.1% 1821 1,883 +14.2% 1831 1,937 +2.9% 1836 1,917 −1.0% 1841 1,912 −0.3% 1846 1,900 −0.6% 1851 1,860 −2.1% 1856 1,862 +0.1% 1861 1,892 +1.6% 1866 1,995 +5.4% 1872 2,017 +1.1% 1876 2,147 +6.4% 1881 2,214 +3.1% 1886 2,382 +7.6% 1891 2,615 +9.8% 1896 2,774 +6.1% 1901 3,044 +9.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 3,274 +7.6% 1911 3,313 +1.2% 1921 2,948 −11.0% 1926 2,962 +0.5% 1931 3,017 +1.9% 1936 3,067 +1.7% 1946 2,913 −5.0% 1954 3,172 +8.9% 1962 3,254 +2.6% 1968 3,345 +2.8% 1975 3,446 +3.0% 1982 3,914 +13.6% 1990 3,912 −0.1% 1999 4,157 +6.3% 2005 4,393 +5.7% 2006 4,599 +4.7% 2009 4,675 +1.7% 2010 4,702 +0.6% 2015 4,908 +4.4%

Heraldry

Arms of Bousbecque

The arms of Bousbecque are blazoned : Vert, 3 stemless trefoils Or. (these are very like 3 petaled cinqfoils rather than trefoils)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department
• Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq

References

• INSEE commune file

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