Bollezeele
Bollezeele | |
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 A view within Bollezeele | |
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Location of Bollezeele  | |
  Bollezeele  Bollezeele | |
| Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 2°19′29″E / 50.8653°N 2.3247°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
| Canton | Wormhout |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Pierre Marle |
| Area 1 | 17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 1,423 |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59089 /59470 |
| Elevation | 2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bollezeele (from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is 17 km (11 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border. The river Yser runs through Bollezeele.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 1,258 | — |
| 1800 | 1,383 | +9.9% |
| 1806 | 1,539 | +11.3% |
| 1821 | 1,588 | +3.2% |
| 1831 | 1,662 | +4.7% |
| 1836 | 1,708 | +2.8% |
| 1841 | 1,740 | +1.9% |
| 1846 | 1,800 | +3.4% |
| 1851 | 1,769 | −1.7% |
| 1856 | 1,732 | −2.1% |
| 1861 | 1,718 | −0.8% |
| 1866 | 1,776 | +3.4% |
| 1872 | 1,811 | +2.0% |
| 1876 | 1,815 | +0.2% |
| 1881 | 1,798 | −0.9% |
| 1886 | 1,805 | +0.4% |
| 1891 | 1,700 | −5.8% |
| 1896 | 1,649 | −3.0% |
| 1901 | 1,620 | −1.8% |
| 1906 | 1,591 | −1.8% |
| 1911 | 1,585 | −0.4% |
| 1921 | 1,550 | −2.2% |
| 1926 | 1,560 | +0.6% |
| 1931 | 1,543 | −1.1% |
| 1936 | 1,562 | +1.2% |
| 1946 | 1,506 | −3.6% |
| 1954 | 1,463 | −2.9% |
| 1962 | 1,439 | −1.6% |
| 1968 | 1,389 | −3.5% |
| 1975 | 1,328 | −4.4% |
| 1982 | 1,500 | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 1,476 | −1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,382 | −6.4% |
| 2004 | 1,375 | −0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,382 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,391 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,432 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1,443 | +0.8% |
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
| Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 51.64 |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2012 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 60.17 |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 64.92 |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 78.83 |
Heraldry
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The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)
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See also
References
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