Bachy

Bachy
Town hall
Coat of arms
Bachy
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bachy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Cysoing
Intercommunality	Pays de Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Delcourt
Area1	6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,436
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59042 / 59830
Elevation	31–74 m (102–243 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	910	—
1800	679	−25.4%
1806	753	+10.9%
1821	831	+10.4%
1831	877	+5.5%
1836	905	+3.2%
1841	957	+5.7%
1846	950	−0.7%
1851	1,000	+5.3%
1856	917	−8.3%
1861	910	−0.8%
1866	947	+4.1%
1872	1,013	+7.0%
1876	1,012	−0.1%
1881	1,029	+1.7%
1886	1,100	+6.9%
1891	1,131	+2.8%
1896	1,110	−1.9%
1901	1,100	−0.9%
1906	1,053	−4.3%
1911	1,016	−3.5%
1921	961	−5.4%
1926	989	+2.9%
1931	937	−5.3%
1936	904	−3.5%
1946	879	−2.8%
1954	893	+1.6%
1962	864	−3.2%
1968	816	−5.6%
1975	888	+8.8%
1982	1,001	+12.7%
1990	1,134	+13.3%
1999	1,329	+17.2%
2006	1,399	+5.3%
2009	1,436	+2.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Bachy are blazoned : Gules, on a chief Or, in dexter a lion sable.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file