Boussières-en-Cambrésis

Boussières-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Boussières-en-Cambrésis
Commune
The church in Boussières-en-Cambrésis
Coat of arms
Location of Boussières-en-Cambrésis
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Coordinates: 50°09′57″N 3°22′03″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Laurent Loignon
Area ^1	4.82 km^2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	422
• Density	88/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59102 /59217
Elevation	70–109 m (230–358 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 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	463	—
1800	492	+6.3%
1806	564	+14.6%
1821	616	+9.2%
1831	758	+23.1%
1836	773	+2.0%
1841	824	+6.6%
1846	855	+3.8%
1851	856	+0.1%
1856	893	+4.3%
1861	912	+2.1%
1866	972	+6.6%
1872	1,002	+3.1%
1876	1,078	+7.6%
1881	1,122	+4.1%
1886	1,088	−3.0%
1891	1,017	−6.5%
1896	1,010	−0.7%
1901	952	−5.7%
1906	951	−0.1%
1911	926	−2.6%
1921	726	−21.6%
1926	711	−2.1%
1931	685	−3.7%
1936	602	−12.1%
1946	573	−4.8%
1954	573	+0.0%
1962	526	−8.2%
1968	502	−4.6%
1975	439	−12.5%
1982	462	+5.2%
1990	458	−0.9%
1999	434	−5.2%
2004	418	−3.7%
2006	407	−2.6%
2009	424	+4.2%
2014	414	−2.4%
2015	411	−0.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Boussières-en-Cambrésis

The arms of Boussières-en-Cambrésis are blazoned : Per fess 1: Azure, a latin cross enfiled of a crown of thorns Or; 2: Gules, 3 fleurs de lys Or. (Boussières-en-Cambrésis, Morenchies and Quiévy use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

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