Borre, Nord

Borre
Commune

Coat of arms
Borre
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Borre
Coordinates: 50°43′48″N 2°34′59″E / 50.73°N 2.583°E / 50.73; 2.583Coordinates: 50°43′48″N 2°34′59″E / 50.73°N 2.583°E / 50.73; 2.583
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Bailleul
Intercommunality Monts de Flandres
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Bernadette Popelier
Area1 5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 588
 • Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59091 /59190
Elevation 17–36 m (56–118 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 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.

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

History

The name of Borre probably came from Norwegian Vikings of the Yngling dynasty. The Borre National Park in Vestfold contains the largest number of burial mounds from the Viking Age.

The Borre British Cemetery is located in this village, in route de Sec-Bois. It contains 370 graves from the First World War, of which 129 are British, 238 Australian and 3 German.

In 1940, one of the first German planes damaged in the north of France crashed in Borre. The whole population came out to see the aircraft. Despite the warnings of the crew, who had been captured and locked in the town hall, dozens were killed when the bombs exploded.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793796—    
1800771−3.1%
1806843+9.3%
1821756−10.3%
1831803+6.2%
1836800−0.4%
1841776−3.0%
1846775−0.1%
1851770−0.6%
1856711−7.7%
1861733+3.1%
1866703−4.1%
1872774+10.1%
1876757−2.2%
1881792+4.6%
1886772−2.5%
1891752−2.6%
1896696−7.4%
1901651−6.5%
1906655+0.6%
1911645−1.5%
1921612−5.1%
1926571−6.7%
1931569−0.4%
1936536−5.8%
1946516−3.7%
1954521+1.0%
1962483−7.3%
1968455−5.8%
1975419−7.9%
1982465+11.0%
1990473+1.7%
1999540+14.2%
2008576+6.7%
2012588+2.1%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionWinning CandidateParty%
2017 Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 59.19
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 59.03
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 64.09
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 79.83

[2]

Heraldry

 The arms of Borre are blazoned :

Azure, a fess Or. (Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre, Borre, Morbecque, Prisches, Cazilhac and Aubière use the same arms.)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Julien Gracq, Manuscrits de guerre, p34. ISBN 978-2-7143-1058-3. Librairie José Corti, 2011 (in French)
  2. ↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//


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