Bourghelles

Bourghelles is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Bourghelles
The town hall in Bourghelles
Coat of arms
Location of Bourghelles
Bourghelles
Bourghelles
Coordinates: 50°33′56″N 3°14′39″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonTempleuve
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Alain Duthoit
Area
1
6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,664
  Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59096 /59830
Elevation32–71 m (105–233 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology

First recorded in 1197 as Borghela (small fortress); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgs (hill fort, fortress) and diminutive suffix.[2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 850    
1800 877+3.2%
1806 961+9.6%
1821 1,040+8.2%
1831 1,086+4.4%
1836 1,121+3.2%
1841 1,154+2.9%
1846 1,204+4.3%
1851 1,213+0.7%
1856 1,234+1.7%
1861 1,260+2.1%
1866 1,245−1.2%
1872 1,225−1.6%
1876 1,295+5.7%
1881 1,290−0.4%
1886 1,344+4.2%
1891 1,255−6.6%
1896 1,259+0.3%
1901 1,260+0.1%
1906 1,233−2.1%
1911 1,172−4.9%
1921 999−14.8%
1926 982−1.7%
1931 972−1.0%
1936 998+2.7%
1946 882−11.6%
1954 864−2.0%
1962 841−2.7%
1968 922+9.6%
1975 1,132+22.8%
1982 1,160+2.5%
1990 1,232+6.2%
1999 1,419+15.2%
2006 1,494+5.3%
2007 1,505+0.7%
2008 1,516+0.7%
2009 1,553+2.4%
2013 1,643+5.8%
2015 1,687+2.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Bourghelles
The arms of Bourghelles are blazoned :

Argent, a chief gules. (Bourghelles and Hem use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. L’origine de Bourghelles from Bourghelles official civic site http://bourghelles.com/decouvrir/lhistoire/ (in French) Retrieved 26 November 2017; etymology for related borough from etymonline at https://www.etymonline.com/word/borough retrieved 26 November 2017


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