Buysscheure

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

Buysscheure

Buisscheure
A view within Buysscheure
Coat of arms
Location of Buysscheure
Buysscheure
Buysscheure
Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 2°19′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Marc Deheele
Area
1
6.15 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
583
  Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59119 /59285
Elevation2–50 m (6.6–164.0 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The source of the river Yser is located here.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
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

[2]

Heraldry

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

See also

References


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