Bellignies

Bellignies

Coat of arms
Bellignies

Coordinates: 50°19′46″N 3°46′12″E / 50.3294°N 3.77°E / 50.3294; 3.77Coordinates: 50°19′46″N 3°46′12″E / 50.3294°N 3.77°E / 50.3294; 3.77
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Bavay
Intercommunality Bavaisis
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danièle Druesnes
Area1 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 905
  Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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
YearPop.±%
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

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

References

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