Boussières-en-Cambrésis

Boussières-en-Cambrésis
Boussières-en-Cambrésis
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Boussières-en-Cambrésis
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Carnières
Intercommunality	Caudrésis–Catésis
Mayor	Gérard Lenoble (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	70–109 m (230–358 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
Land area1	4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population2	424  (2009)
- Density	88 /km2 (230 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59102/ 59217
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.

Boussières-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	463	—
1800	492	+6.3%
1806	564	+14.6%
1821	616	+9.2%
1831	758	+23.1%
1836	773	+2.0%
1841	824	+6.6%
1846	855	+3.8%
1851	856	+0.1%
1856	893	+4.3%
1861	912	+2.1%
1866	972	+6.6%
1872	1,002	+3.1%
1876	1,078	+7.6%
1881	1,122	+4.1%
1886	1,088	−3.0%
1891	1,017	−6.5%
1896	1,010	−0.7%
1901	952	−5.7%
1906	951	−0.1%
1911	926	−2.6%
1921	726	−21.6%
1926	711	−2.1%
1931	685	−3.7%
1936	602	−12.1%
1946	573	−4.8%
1954	573	+0.0%
1962	526	−8.2%
1968	502	−4.6%
1975	439	−12.5%
1982	462	+5.2%
1990	458	−0.9%
1999	428	−6.6%
2006	407	−4.9%
2009	424	+4.2%

Heraldry

The arms of Boussières-en-Cambrésis are blazoned : Per fess 1: Azure, a latin cross enfiled of a crown of thorns Or; 2: Gules, 3 fleurs de lys Or. (Boussières-en-Cambrésis, Morenchies and Quiévy use the same arms)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file