Baisieux

Baisieux
Coat of arms
Baisieux
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Baisieux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lannoy
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Delrue
Area1	8.68 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	4,393
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59044 / 59780
Elevation	23–50 m (75–164 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,600	—
1800	1,164	−27.2%
1806	1,379	+18.5%
1821	1,674	+21.4%
1831	1,808	+8.0%
1836	1,849	+2.3%
1841	1,878	+1.6%
1846	1,900	+1.2%
1851	1,943	+2.3%
1856	1,971	+1.4%
1861	1,997	+1.3%
1866	2,027	+1.5%
1872	2,020	−0.3%
1876	2,009	−0.5%
1881	1,966	−2.1%
1886	1,970	+0.2%
1891	2,033	+3.2%
1896	2,041	+0.4%
1901	1,981	−2.9%
1906	1,927	−2.7%
1911	1,950	+1.2%
1921	1,905	−2.3%
1926	2,134	+12.0%
1931	2,378	+11.4%
1936	2,551	+7.3%
1946	2,608	+2.2%
1954	2,851	+9.3%
1962	2,879	+1.0%
1968	2,942	+2.2%
1975	2,851	−3.1%
1982	3,505	+22.9%
1990	3,555	+1.4%
1999	4,039	+13.6%
2006	4,078	+1.0%
2009	4,393	+7.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Baisieux are blazoned : Bendy Or and azure. (Baisieux, Bouvines and Cysoing use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file