Bachant

Bachant
Town hall
Coat of arms
Bachant
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bachant
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Berlaimont
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Gandibleux
Area1	9.37 km2 (3.62 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,393
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59041 / 59138
Elevation	127–169 m (417–554 ft) (avg. 142 m or 466 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	399	—
1800	487	+22.1%
1806	536	+10.1%
1821	612	+14.2%
1831	674	+10.1%
1836	688	+2.1%
1841	744	+8.1%
1846	788	+5.9%
1851	824	+4.6%
1856	867	+5.2%
1861	895	+3.2%
1866	931	+4.0%
1872	964	+3.5%
1876	935	−3.0%
1881	976	+4.4%
1886	1,004	+2.9%
1891	1,006	+0.2%
1896	1,036	+3.0%
1901	1,053	+1.6%
1906	1,052	−0.1%
1911	1,124	+6.8%
1921	1,274	+13.3%
1926	1,684	+32.2%
1931	1,959	+16.3%
1936	2,084	+6.4%
1946	1,224	−41.3%
1954	2,054	+67.8%
1962	2,568	+25.0%
1968	2,750	+7.1%
1975	2,692	−2.1%
1982	2,534	−5.9%
1990	2,498	−1.4%
1999	2,385	−4.5%
2006	2,400	+0.6%
2009	2,393	−0.3%

Heraldry

The arms of Bachant are blazoned : Gules, a chevron Or between 3 trefoils argent. (Bachant and Vieux-Mesnil use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file