Bourghelles

Bourghelles
Coat of arms of Bourghelles Coat of arms
Bourghelles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bourghelles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Cysoing
Intercommunality	Pays de Pévèle
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Duthoit
Area1	6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,553
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59096 / 59830
Elevation	32–71 m (105–233 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	850	—
1800	877	+3.2%
1806	961	+9.6%
1821	1,040	+8.2%
1831	1,086	+4.4%
1836	1,121	+3.2%
1841	1,154	+2.9%
1846	1,204	+4.3%
1851	1,213	+0.7%
1856	1,234	+1.7%
1861	1,260	+2.1%
1866	1,245	−1.2%
1872	1,225	−1.6%
1876	1,295	+5.7%
1881	1,290	−0.4%
1886	1,344	+4.2%
1891	1,255	−6.6%
1896	1,259	+0.3%
1901	1,260	+0.1%
1906	1,233	−2.1%
1911	1,172	−4.9%
1921	999	−14.8%
1926	982	−1.7%
1931	972	−1.0%
1936	998	+2.7%
1946	882	−11.6%
1954	864	−2.0%
1962	841	−2.7%
1968	922	+9.6%
1975	1,132	+22.8%
1982	1,160	+2.5%
1990	1,232	+6.2%
1999	1,419	+15.2%
2006	1,494	+5.3%
2009	1,553	+3.9%

Heraldry

Arms of Bourghelles

The arms of Bourghelles are blazoned : Argent, a chief gules. (Bourghelles and Hem use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file