Bavinchove

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

Bavinchove Bavinkhove
Commune
Hall (Fr:mairie, nl:Wethuis)
Coat of arms
Location of Bavinchove
Bavinchove Bavinchove
Coordinates: 50°47′05″N 2°27′18″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Laconte
Area 1	8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	998
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Bavinchove (French pronunciation: ​[bavɛ̃kɔv]; 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Heraldry

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

See also

• Communes of the Nord department