Boeschepe

Boeschepe is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, next to the Belgian border.

Boeschepe
Commune
A general view of Boeschepe
Coat of arms
Location of Boeschepe
Boeschepe
Boeschepe
Coordinates: 50°48′01″N 2°41′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonBailleul
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Pierre Bourgeois
Area
1
13.59 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,183
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59086 /59299
Elevation28–153 m (92–502 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,758—    
1800 1,473−16.2%
1806 1,692+14.9%
1821 1,862+10.0%
1831 1,935+3.9%
1836 1,975+2.1%
1841 1,938−1.9%
1846 1,953+0.8%
1851 1,985+1.6%
1856 1,954−1.6%
1861 2,011+2.9%
1866 2,103+4.6%
1872 2,201+4.7%
1876 2,241+1.8%
1881 2,175−2.9%
1886 2,222+2.2%
1891 2,234+0.5%
1896 2,208−1.2%
1901 2,184−1.1%
1906 2,284+4.6%
1911 2,180−4.6%
1921 2,064−5.3%
1926 2,093+1.4%
1931 1,969−5.9%
1936 2,058+4.5%
1946 2,111+2.6%
1954 2,089−1.0%
1962 2,085−0.2%
1968 2,015−3.4%
1975 1,883−6.6%
1982 1,747−7.2%
1990 1,906+9.1%
1999 2,012+5.6%
2006 2,177+8.2%
2007 2,201+1.1%
2009 2,202+0.0%
2012 2,188−0.6%
2015 2,189+0.0%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round
ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 54.07
2012 François Hollande PS 56.40
2007 Ségolène Royal PS 50.66
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 78.26

[2]

Heraldry
Arms of Boeschepe
 The arms of Boeschepe 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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//
  • Town hall
  • View of Boeschepe from the south
  • The Ondankmeulen (unthankfullness windmill)


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