Beaufort, Nord

Beaufort
Church of the Assumption
Coat of arms
Beaufort
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaufort
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Hautmont
Intercommunality	Sambre - Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Monet
Area1	12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	969
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59058 / 59330
Elevation	154–207 m (505–679 ft) (avg. 168 m or 551 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	619	—
1800	502	−18.9%
1806	841	+67.5%
1821	778	−7.5%
1831	861	+10.7%
1836	967	+12.3%
1841	1,063	+9.9%
1846	1,160	+9.1%
1851	1,232	+6.2%
1856	1,275	+3.5%
1861	1,318	+3.4%
1866	1,170	−11.2%
1872	1,142	−2.4%
1876	1,172	+2.6%
1881	1,116	−4.8%
1886	1,161	+4.0%
1891	1,109	−4.5%
1896	1,067	−3.8%
1901	1,106	+3.7%
1906	1,095	−1.0%
1911	1,073	−2.0%
1921	966	−10.0%
1926	1,024	+6.0%
1931	959	−6.3%
1936	917	−4.4%
1946	910	−0.8%
1954	954	+4.8%
1962	1,073	+12.5%
1968	1,067	−0.6%
1975	1,010	−5.3%
1982	1,011	+0.1%
1990	1,100	+8.8%
1999	1,013	−7.9%
2006	981	−3.2%
2009	969	−1.2%

Heraldry

The arms of Beaufort are blazoned : Gules, 3 inescutcheons argent.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file