Brouckerque

Brouckerque
Broekkerke
Commune

Coat of arms
Brouckerque
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Brouckerque
Coordinates: 50°57′15″N 2°17′34″E / 50.9542°N 2.2928°E / 50.9542; 2.2928Coordinates: 50°57′15″N 2°17′34″E / 50.9542°N 2.2928°E / 50.9542; 2.2928
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Dunkerque
Canton Grande-Synthe
Intercommunality CC Hauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Decool
Area1 11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,280
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 59110 /59630
Elevation 0–8 m (0–26 ft)
(avg. 2 m or 6.6 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.

Brouckerque (from Dutch: Broekkerke[1] meaning "marsh church") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 500—    
1800 706+41.2%
1806 630−10.8%
1821 757+20.2%
1831 893+18.0%
1836 912+2.1%
1841 938+2.9%
1846 948+1.1%
1851 937−1.2%
1856 916−2.2%
1861 953+4.0%
1866 949−0.4%
1872 935−1.5%
1876 984+5.2%
1881 981−0.3%
1886 985+0.4%
1891 1,040+5.6%
1896 1,031−0.9%
1901 1,041+1.0%
1906 985−5.4%
1911 915−7.1%
1921 819−10.5%
1926 839+2.4%
1931 829−1.2%
1936 761−8.2%
1946 804+5.7%
1954 741−7.8%
1962 698−5.8%
1968 665−4.7%
1975 924+38.9%
1982 1,064+15.2%
1990 1,168+9.8%
1999 1,165−0.3%
2006 1,276+9.5%
2009 1,280+0.3%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

ElectionCandidateParty%
2017 Marine Le Pen FN 52.58
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 56.01
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 59.35
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 77.73

[2]

Heraldry

 The arms of Brouckerque are blazoned :
Argent, on a fess sable, 3 cinqfoils Or.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brouckerque/Broekkerke: proussel.voila.net
  2. ↑ http://www.lemonde.fr/nord-pas-de-calais-picardie/nord,59/oost-cappel,59448/elections/presidentielle-2017/


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