Bazuel

Bazuel
Bazuel
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bazuel
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Félix Macarez
Area1	11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	578
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59055 / 59360
Elevation	112–158 m (367–518 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.

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

It is 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Cambrai.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	550	—
1800	703	+27.8%
1806	848	+20.6%
1821	959	+13.1%
1831	1,112	+16.0%
1836	1,167	+4.9%
1841	1,216	+4.2%
1846	1,243	+2.2%
1851	1,299	+4.5%
1856	1,239	−4.6%
1861	1,256	+1.4%
1866	1,288	+2.5%
1872	1,245	−3.3%
1876	1,153	−7.4%
1881	1,056	−8.4%
1886	1,026	−2.8%
1891	966	−5.8%
1896	931	−3.6%
1901	940	+1.0%
1906	941	+0.1%
1911	881	−6.4%
1921	689	−21.8%
1926	753	+9.3%
1931	770	+2.3%
1936	710	−7.8%
1946	713	+0.4%
1954	762	+6.9%
1962	788	+3.4%
1968	801	+1.6%
1975	795	−0.7%
1982	726	−8.7%
1990	674	−7.2%
1999	571	−15.3%
2006	602	+5.4%
2009	578	−4.0%

Heraldry

The arms of Bazuel are blazoned : Gules, a rose slipped and leaved argent. (Bazuel, Maretz and Saint-Benin use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file