Bollezeele
Bollezeele | |
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![]() A view within Bollezeele | |
Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 2°19′29″E / 50.8653°N 2.3247°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Dunkirk |
Canton | Wormhout |
Intercommunality | Hauts de Flandre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Marle[1] |
Area 1 | 17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,423 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59089 /59470 |
Elevation | 2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bollezeele (French pronunciation: [bɔlzɛl]; from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
It is 17 km (11 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border. The river Yser runs through Bollezeele.
Language
Bollezeele's local speech is traditionally a Flemish dialect, similar to that spoken on the other side of the border with Belgium; this led to the town's being included in the Atlas Linguarum Europae as one of the Germanic dialects in France (the others were all in either Alsace or Moselle).[4]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,389 | — |
1975 | 1,328 | −0.64% |
1982 | 1,500 | +1.76% |
1990 | 1,476 | −0.20% |
1999 | 1,382 | −0.73% |
2009 | 1,391 | +0.06% |
2014 | 1,432 | +0.58% |
2020 | 1,424 | −0.09% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
Heraldry
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The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned : Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Eder, Birgit (2003). Ausgewählte Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in den Sprachen Europas. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 299. ISBN 3631528736.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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