Beugnies

Beugnies
Coat of arms
Beugnies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beugnies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord
Intercommunality	Vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Jopek
Area1	8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	552
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59078 / 59216
Elevation	179–219 m (587–719 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	292	—
1800	334	+14.4%
1806	406	+21.6%
1821	441	+8.6%
1831	478	+8.4%
1836	481	+0.6%
1841	524	+8.9%
1846	518	−1.1%
1851	534	+3.1%
1856	530	−0.7%
1861	559	+5.5%
1866	553	−1.1%
1872	600	+8.5%
1876	629	+4.8%
1881	619	−1.6%
1886	698	+12.8%
1891	716	+2.6%
1896	737	+2.9%
1901	676	−8.3%
1906	684	+1.2%
1911	676	−1.2%
1921	631	−6.7%
1926	649	+2.9%
1931	692	+6.6%
1936	665	−3.9%
1946	638	−4.1%
1954	676	+6.0%
1962	702	+3.8%
1968	631	−10.1%
1975	555	−12.0%
1982	531	−4.3%
1990	509	−4.1%
1999	522	+2.6%
2006	490	−6.1%
2009	552	+12.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Beugnies are blazoned : Gules, 3 pales vair, and a chief Or. (Beugnies and Le Favril use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file