Bersillies

Bersillies

Town hall

Coat of arms
Bersillies

Coordinates: 50°19′18″N 4°00′20″E / 50.3217°N 4.0056°E / 50.3217; 4.0056Coordinates: 50°19′18″N 4°00′20″E / 50.3217°N 4.0056°E / 50.3217; 4.0056
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Maubeuge-Nord
Intercommunality Nord Maubeuge
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marie-Paule Rousselle
Area1 2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 270
  Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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
YearPop.±%
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

References

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