Bollezeele
| Bollezeele | ||
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  Bollezeele | ||
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Location within Hauts-de-France region  Bollezeele | ||
| Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 2°19′29″E / 50.8653°N 2.3247°ECoordinates: 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 | Yser | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Marie-Joseph Dubreucq | |
| Area1 | 17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 1,391 | |
| • Density | 79/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59089 / 59470 | |
| Elevation |
2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 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 | 1,383 | −6.3% |
| 2006 | 1,382 | −0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,391 | +0.7% |
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.) |
See also
References
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