Boussières-sur-Sambre

Boussières-sur-Sambre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Boussières-sur-Sambre
Commune
A general view of Boussières-sur-Sambre
Coat of arms
Location of Boussières-sur-Sambre
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Coordinates: 50°14′27″N 3°52′57″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Aulnoye-Aymeries
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Claude Dupont
Area ^1	3.28 km^2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	524
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59103 /59330
Elevation	122–164 m (400–538 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 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	141	—
1800	164	+16.3%
1806	154	−6.1%
1821	136	−11.7%
1831	177	+30.1%
1836	173	−2.3%
1841	214	+23.7%
1846	228	+6.5%
1851	251	+10.1%
1856	261	+4.0%
1861	300	+14.9%
1866	298	−0.7%
1872	297	−0.3%
1876	333	+12.1%
1881	391	+17.4%
1886	365	−6.6%
1891	382	+4.7%
1896	439	+14.9%
1901	436	−0.7%
1906	470	+7.8%
1911	460	−2.1%
1921	433	−5.9%
1926	409	−5.5%
1931	418	+2.2%
1936	398	−4.8%
1946	360	−9.5%
1954	396	+10.0%
1962	432	+9.1%
1968	428	−0.9%
1975	412	−3.7%
1982	449	+9.0%
1990	423	−5.8%
1999	429	+1.4%
2006	493	+14.9%
2007	502	+1.8%
2008	511	+1.8%
2009	520	+1.8%
2013	531	+2.1%
2015	523	−1.5%

Heraldry

Arms of Boussières-sur-Sambre

The arms of Boussières-sur-Sambre 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.