Boursies

Boursies
Commune
The church in Boursies
Coat of arms
Location of Boursies
Boursies Boursies
Coordinates: 50°08′27″N 3°02′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Cambrai
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Cambrai
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Slimane Rahem
Area 1	7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	392
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59097 /59400
Elevation	64–103 m (210–338 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	603	—
1800	616	+2.2%
1806	656	+6.5%
1821	721	+9.9%
1831	811	+12.5%
1836	811	+0.0%
1841	819	+1.0%
1846	871	+6.3%
1851	818	−6.1%
1856	802	−2.0%
1861	794	−1.0%
1866	809	+1.9%
1872	807	−0.2%
1876	808	+0.1%
1881	704	−12.9%
1886	630	−10.5%
1891	613	−2.7%
1896	565	−7.8%
1901	571	+1.1%
1906	574	+0.5%
1911	551	−4.0%
1921	355	−35.6%
1926	361	+1.7%
1931	364	+0.8%
1936	340	−6.6%
1946	296	−12.9%
1954	307	+3.7%
1962	297	−3.3%
1968	318	+7.1%
1975	285	−10.4%
1982	239	−16.1%
1990	243	+1.7%
1999	285	+17.3%
2006	302	+6.0%
2007	304	+0.7%
2009	339	+11.5%
2012	347	+2.4%
2015	378	+8.9%

Heraldry

Arms of Boursies

The arms of Boursies are blazoned : Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file