Bérelles

Bérelles
Coat of arms
Bérelles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bérelles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Solre-le-Château
Intercommunality	Vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Géraldine Traen
Area1	5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	163
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59066 / 59740
Elevation	168–229 m (551–751 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	129	—
1800	114	−11.6%
1806	120	+5.3%
1821	226	+88.3%
1831	223	−1.3%
1836	245	+9.9%
1841	228	−6.9%
1846	232	+1.8%
1851	210	−9.5%
1856	198	−5.7%
1861	194	−2.0%
1866	200	+3.1%
1872	189	−5.5%
1876	184	−2.6%
1881	187	+1.6%
1886	176	−5.9%
1891	181	+2.8%
1896	167	−7.7%
1901	164	−1.8%
1906	194	+18.3%
1911	180	−7.2%
1921	180	+0.0%
1926	202	+12.2%
1931	200	−1.0%
1936	193	−3.5%
1946	157	−18.7%
1954	196	+24.8%
1962	207	+5.6%
1968	165	−20.3%
1975	167	+1.2%
1982	144	−13.8%
1990	151	+4.9%
1999	156	+3.3%
2006	157	+0.6%
2009	163	+3.8%

Heraldry

The arms of Bérelles are blazoned : Gules, in saltire 5 fleurs de lys.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file