Beaucamps-Ligny

Beaucamps-Ligny
Beaucamps-Ligny
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaucamps-Ligny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lomme
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Motte
Area1	5.04 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	895
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59056 / 59134
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.

Beaucamps-Ligny is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was formed by the merger of Beaucamps and Ligny-en-Weppes in 1927.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	770	—
1800	671	−12.9%
1806	715	+6.6%
1821	711	−0.6%
1831	754	+6.0%
1836	766	+1.6%
1841	778	+1.6%
1846	750	−3.6%
1851	762	+1.6%
1856	883	+15.9%
1861	964	+9.2%
1866	1,015	+5.3%
1872	1,010	−0.5%
1876	1,121	+11.0%
1881	1,141	+1.8%
1886	1,225	+7.4%
1891	1,165	−4.9%
1896	1,144	−1.8%
1901	1,052	−8.0%
1906	680	−35.4%
1911	658	−3.2%
1921	430	−34.7%
1926	526	+22.3%
1931	946	+79.8%
1936	992	+4.9%
1946	864	−12.9%
1954	990	+14.6%
1962	666	−32.7%
1968	697	+4.7%
1975	676	−3.0%
1982	699	+3.4%
1990	857	+22.6%
1999	914	+6.7%
2006	912	−0.2%
2009	895	−1.9%

Heraldry

The arms of Beaucamps-Ligny are blazoned : Vert, a fess ermine. (Oignies, Beaucamps-Ligny, Estrées, Gruson and Wicres use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file