Bermerain

Bermerain
Bermerain
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bermerain
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Solesmes
Intercommunality	Pays Solesmois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Teinte
Area1	6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	643
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59069 / 59213
Elevation	47–107 m (154–351 ft) (avg. 104 m or 341 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	880	—
1800	932	+5.9%
1806	970	+4.1%
1821	1,053	+8.6%
1831	1,220	+15.9%
1836	1,203	−1.4%
1841	1,228	+2.1%
1846	1,245	+1.4%
1851	1,261	+1.3%
1856	1,290	+2.3%
1861	1,281	−0.7%
1866	1,292	+0.9%
1872	1,259	−2.6%
1876	1,206	−4.2%
1881	1,133	−6.1%
1886	1,082	−4.5%
1891	1,053	−2.7%
1896	975	−7.4%
1901	956	−1.9%
1906	931	−2.6%
1911	875	−6.0%
1921	732	−16.3%
1926	737	+0.7%
1931	714	−3.1%
1936	660	−7.6%
1946	613	−7.1%
1954	665	+8.5%
1962	669	+0.6%
1968	697	+4.2%
1975	664	−4.7%
1982	707	+6.5%
1990	693	−2.0%
1999	710	+2.5%
2006	658	−7.3%
2009	643	−2.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Bermerain are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. (Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file