Buysscheure

Buysscheure (from Dutch, Buisscheure in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Commune
A view within Buysscheure
Coat of arms
Location of Buysscheure
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Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 2°19′53″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Marc Deheele
Area ^1	6.15 km^2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	583
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59119 /59285
Elevation	2–50 m (6.6–164.0 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The source of the river Yser is located here.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	764	—
1800	724	−5.2%
1806	846	+16.9%
1821	926	+9.5%
1831	903	−2.5%
1836	875	−3.1%
1841	865	−1.1%
1846	851	−1.6%
1851	844	−0.8%
1856	826	−2.1%
1861	821	−0.6%
1866	801	−2.4%
1872	795	−0.7%
1876	794	−0.1%
1881	793	−0.1%
1886	790	−0.4%
1891	766	−3.0%
1896	822	+7.3%
1901	700	−14.8%
1906	683	−2.4%
1911	670	−1.9%
1921	609	−9.1%
1926	574	−5.7%
1931	504	−12.2%
1936	504	+0.0%
1946	515	+2.2%
1954	470	−8.7%
1962	453	−3.6%
1968	407	−10.2%
1975	376	−7.6%
1982	405	+7.7%
1990	419	+3.5%
1999	453	+8.1%
2006	502	+10.8%
2009	510	+1.6%
2011	517	+1.4%
2015	566	+9.5%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	51.43
	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	54.43
	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	61.51
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	76.38

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Heraldry

Arms of Buysscheure

The arms of Buysscheure are blazoned : Gules, a chevron between 3 escallops, within a bordure Or.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//