Boursies

Boursies
Coat of arms of Boursies Coat of arms
Boursies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Boursies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Marcoing
Intercommunality	l'Enclave
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Charles Caudrillier
Area1	7.62 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	339
• Density	44/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59097 / 62147
Elevation	64–103 m (210–338 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	603	—
1800	616	+2.2%
1806	656	+6.5%
1821	721	+9.9%
1831	811	+12.5%
1836	811	+0.0%
1841	819	+1.0%
1846	871	+6.3%
1851	818	−6.1%
1856	802	−2.0%
1861	794	−1.0%
1866	809	+1.9%
1872	807	−0.2%
1876	808	+0.1%
1881	704	−12.9%
1886	630	−10.5%
1891	613	−2.7%
1896	565	−7.8%
1901	571	+1.1%
1906	574	+0.5%
1911	551	−4.0%
1921	355	−35.6%
1926	361	+1.7%
1931	364	+0.8%
1936	340	−6.6%
1946	296	−12.9%
1954	307	+3.7%
1962	297	−3.3%
1968	318	+7.1%
1975	285	−10.4%
1982	239	−16.1%
1990	243	+1.7%
1999	285	+17.3%
2006	302	+6.0%
2009	339	+12.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Boursies are blazoned : Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file