Bersée

Bersée
The church tower at Bersée
Coat of arms
Bersée
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bersée
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Pont-à-Marcq
Intercommunality	Pays de Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Caudrelier
Area1	10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,235
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59071 / 59235
Elevation	27–61 m (89–200 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,308	—
1800	1,394	+6.6%
1806	1,459	+4.7%
1821	1,530	+4.9%
1831	1,615	+5.6%
1836	1,688	+4.5%
1841	1,744	+3.3%
1846	1,759	+0.9%
1851	1,752	−0.4%
1856	1,734	−1.0%
1861	1,755	+1.2%
1866	1,780	+1.4%
1872	1,812	+1.8%
1876	1,834	+1.2%
1881	1,843	+0.5%
1886	1,850	+0.4%
1891	1,803	−2.5%
1896	1,798	−0.3%
1901	1,808	+0.6%
1906	1,870	+3.4%
1911	1,819	−2.7%
1921	1,618	−11.1%
1926	1,573	−2.8%
1931	1,572	−0.1%
1936	1,498	−4.7%
1946	1,521	+1.5%
1954	1,561	+2.6%
1962	1,526	−2.2%
1968	1,520	−0.4%
1975	1,570	+3.3%
1982	1,806	+15.0%
1990	1,989	+10.1%
1999	2,115	+6.3%
2006	2,215	+4.7%
2009	2,235	+0.9%

Heraldry

The arms of Bersée are blazoned : Or, a cross gules between 16 alerions azure. (the Montmorency family and the communes of Bersée and Damville use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file