Bois-Grenier

Bois-Grenier
Coat of arms
Bois-Grenier
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bois-Grenier
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Weppes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Delepaul
Area1	7.25 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,482
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59088 / 59280
Elevation	15–20 m (49–66 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 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.

Bois-Grenier is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Located south of Armentieres and bordering with the department of Pas-de-Calais.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1856	1,152	—
1861	1,194	+3.6%
1866	1,198	+0.3%
1872	1,186	−1.0%
1876	1,291	+8.9%
1881	1,225	−5.1%
1886	1,235	+0.8%
1891	1,189	−3.7%
1896	1,153	−3.0%
1901	1,218	+5.6%
1906	1,231	+1.1%
1911	1,229	−0.2%
1921	585	−52.4%
1926	718	+22.7%
1931	689	−4.0%
1936	708	+2.8%
1946	723	+2.1%
1954	683	−5.5%
1962	655	−4.1%
1968	751	+14.7%
1975	1,004	+33.7%
1982	1,218	+21.3%
1990	1,356	+11.3%
1999	1,450	+6.9%
2006	1,405	−3.1%
2009	1,482	+5.5%

Heraldry

The arms of Bois-Grenier are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Or, a lion sable, overall a bend compony argent and gules; 2: Argent, a fleur de lys gules, and in chief a sun and a descrescent Or; 3: Azure, a chapel with steeple argent; 4: Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file