Beaurain

Beaurain
Beaurain
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaurain
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Solesmes
Intercommunality	Pays Solesmois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Semaille
Area1	1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	231
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59060 / 59730
Elevation	115–131 m (377–430 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	292	—
1800	208	−28.8%
1806	219	+5.3%
1821	304	+38.8%
1831	356	+17.1%
1836	377	+5.9%
1841	396	+5.0%
1846	413	+4.3%
1851	430	+4.1%
1856	455	+5.8%
1861	454	−0.2%
1866	431	−5.1%
1872	414	−3.9%
1876	382	−7.7%
1881	388	+1.6%
1886	355	−8.5%
1891	356	+0.3%
1896	342	−3.9%
1901	304	−11.1%
1906	267	−12.2%
1911	238	−10.9%
1921	218	−8.4%
1926	201	−7.8%
1931	178	−11.4%
1936	161	−9.6%
1946	158	−1.9%
1954	173	+9.5%
1962	178	+2.9%
1968	161	−9.6%
1975	155	−3.7%
1982	163	+5.2%
1990	172	+5.5%
1999	171	−0.6%
2006	221	+29.2%
2009	231	+4.5%

Heraldry

[[Image:|120px|center|Arms of Beaurain]]

The arms of Beaurain are blazoned : Vairy Or and azure. (Beaurain, Nieurlet and Vendegies-au-Bois use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file