Bouvignies

Bouvignies
Coat of arms
Bouvignies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bouvignies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Marchiennes
Intercommunality	Espace en Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Delrue
Area1	8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,505
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59105 / 59870
Elevation	16–30 m (52–98 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,425	—
1800	1,468	+3.0%
1806	1,455	−0.9%
1821	1,726	+18.6%
1831	1,836	+6.4%
1836	1,900	+3.5%
1841	1,873	−1.4%
1846	1,878	+0.3%
1851	1,976	+5.2%
1856	1,915	−3.1%
1861	1,864	−2.7%
1866	1,845	−1.0%
1872	1,723	−6.6%
1876	1,651	−4.2%
1881	1,618	−2.0%
1886	1,570	−3.0%
1891	1,516	−3.4%
1896	1,440	−5.0%
1901	1,351	−6.2%
1906	1,352	+0.1%
1911	1,321	−2.3%
1921	1,231	−6.8%
1926	1,244	+1.1%
1931	1,181	−5.1%
1936	1,160	−1.8%
1946	1,146	−1.2%
1954	1,135	−1.0%
1962	1,125	−0.9%
1968	1,114	−1.0%
1975	1,128	+1.3%
1982	1,257	+11.4%
1990	1,426	+13.4%
1999	1,537	+7.8%
2006	1,516	−1.4%
2009	1,505	−0.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Bouvignies are blazoned : Azure, a bend argent. (Bouvignies, Jolimetz and Ochtezeele use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file