Bersillies

Bersillies
Town hall
Coat of arms
Bersillies
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bersillies
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge-Nord
Intercommunality	Nord Maubeuge
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Paule Rousselle
Area1	2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	270
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59072 / 59600
Elevation	120–154 m (394–505 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	192	—
1800	204	+6.2%
1806	155	−24.0%
1821	156	+0.6%
1831	207	+32.7%
1836	204	−1.4%
1841	200	−2.0%
1846	192	−4.0%
1851	194	+1.0%
1856	201	+3.6%
1861	186	−7.5%
1866	192	+3.2%
1872	177	−7.8%
1876	185	+4.5%
1881	169	−8.6%
1886	159	−5.9%
1891	147	−7.5%
1896	138	−6.1%
1901	160	+15.9%
1906	176	+10.0%
1911	156	−11.4%
1921	109	−30.1%
1926	132	+21.1%
1931	131	−0.8%
1936	206	+57.3%
1946	162	−21.4%
1954	161	−0.6%
1962	198	+23.0%
1968	173	−12.6%
1975	193	+11.6%
1982	246	+27.5%
1990	272	+10.6%
1999	275	+1.1%
2006	263	−4.4%
2009	270	+2.7%

Heraldry

The arms of Bersillies are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file