Bavinchove

Not to be confused with Bavikhove, a place in West Flanders.

Bavinchove Bavinkhove
Commune
Hall (Fr:mairie, nl:Wethuis)
Coat of arms
Bavinchove Location within Hauts-de-France region Bavinchove
Coordinates: 50°47′05″N 2°27′18″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Luc Fache
Area1	8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	949
• Density	110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59054 /59670
Elevation	15–93 m (49–305 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 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.

Bavinchove (from Dutch; Bavinkhove in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	903	—
1800	898	−0.6%
1806	920	+2.4%
1821	931	+1.2%
1831	1,056	+13.4%
1836	1,003	−5.0%
1841	960	−4.3%
1846	983	+2.4%
1851	970	−1.3%
1856	910	−6.2%
1861	885	−2.7%
1866	863	−2.5%
1872	880	+2.0%
1876	864	−1.8%
1881	900	+4.2%
1886	860	−4.4%
1891	873	+1.5%
1896	839	−3.9%
1901	809	−3.6%
1906	821	+1.5%
1911	832	+1.3%
1921	807	−3.0%
1926	786	−2.6%
1931	815	+3.7%
1936	816	+0.1%
1946	781	−4.3%
1954	749	−4.1%
1962	765	+2.1%
1968	745	−2.6%
1975	741	−0.5%
1982	747	+0.8%
1990	848	+13.5%
1999	955	+12.6%
2006	939	−1.7%
2007	937	−0.2%
2008	935	−0.2%
2009	929	−0.6%
2013	935	+0.6%
2015	949	+1.5%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	En Marche!	51.99
	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	51.57
	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	52.12
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	79.83

Heraldry

The arms of Bavinchove are blazoned : Barry Or and azure.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file