Bousignies

Bousignies
Bousignies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bousignies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Scarpe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Dewitte
Area1	3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	320
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59100 / 59178
Elevation	15–19 m (49–62 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	319	—
1806	326	+2.2%
1821	347	+6.4%
1831	326	−6.1%
1836	318	−2.5%
1841	298	−6.3%
1846	302	+1.3%
1851	283	−6.3%
1856	328	+15.9%
1861	341	+4.0%
1866	348	+2.1%
1872	342	−1.7%
1876	308	−9.9%
1881	331	+7.5%
1886	331	+0.0%
1891	300	−9.4%
1896	285	−5.0%
1901	260	−8.8%
1906	247	−5.0%
1911	228	−7.7%
1921	208	−8.8%
1926	221	+6.2%
1931	208	−5.9%
1936	210	+1.0%
1946	193	−8.1%
1954	173	−10.4%
1962	185	+6.9%
1968	206	+11.4%
1975	182	−11.7%
1982	203	+11.5%
1990	249	+22.7%
1999	268	+7.6%
2006	303	+13.1%
2009	320	+5.6%

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file