Bellignies

Bellignies
Coat of arms of Bellignies Coat of arms
Bellignies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bellignies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Bavay
Intercommunality	Bavaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Druesnes
Area1	5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	905
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59065 / 59570
Elevation	72–136 m (236–446 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	360	—
1800	360	+0.0%
1806	406	+12.8%
1821	483	+19.0%
1831	612	+26.7%
1836	712	+16.3%
1841	710	−0.3%
1846	755	+6.3%
1851	777	+2.9%
1856	808	+4.0%
1861	873	+8.0%
1866	893	+2.3%
1872	878	−1.7%
1876	890	+1.4%
1881	922	+3.6%
1886	920	−0.2%
1891	946	+2.8%
1896	1,026	+8.5%
1901	1,080	+5.3%
1906	1,101	+1.9%
1911	1,100	−0.1%
1921	1,002	−8.9%
1926	1,044	+4.2%
1931	993	−4.9%
1936	937	−5.6%
1946	839	−10.5%
1954	833	−0.7%
1962	903	+8.4%
1968	880	−2.5%
1975	888	+0.9%
1982	912	+2.7%
1990	901	−1.2%
1999	835	−7.3%
2006	911	+9.1%
2009	905	−0.7%

Heraldry

Arms of Bellignies

The arms of Bellignies are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Or, 5 bendlets, and on a canton gules a mullet Or; 2&3 Chequy Or and gules (of 4 traits).

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file