Broxeele

Broxeele
Commune
The town hall in Broxeele
Coat of arms
Location of Broxeele
Broxeele Broxeele
Coordinates: 50°49′51″N 2°19′20″E
Land	Frankreich
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Hauts de Flandre
Regierung
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Pauwels
Area 1	3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	404
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59111 /59470
Elevation	23–30 m (75–98 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Broxeele (Dutch: Broksele) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border.

Name

The name is derived from the Dutch Broec sele (modern name: Broksele), which means "house (with one room) in the marsh" (in 1072: Brocsela). The name Brussels has exactly the same etymology.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 304 —     1800 303 −0.3% 1806 410 +35.3% 1821 395 −3.7% 1831 411 +4.1% 1836 407 −1.0% 1841 405 −0.5% 1846 362 −10.6% 1851 350 −3.3% 1856 342 −2.3% 1861 335 −2.0% 1866 344 +2.7% 1872 376 +9.3% 1876 373 −0.8% 1881 357 −4.3% 1886 362 +1.4% 1891 364 +0.6% 1896 336 −7.7% 1901 334 −0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 327 −2.1% 1911 292 −10.7% 1921 279 −4.5% 1926 280 +0.4% 1931 268 −4.3% 1936 264 −1.5% 1946 262 −0.8% 1954 265 +1.1% 1962 249 −6.0% 1968 209 −16.1% 1975 190 −9.1% 1982 211 +11.1% 1990 270 +28.0% 1999 269 −0.4% 2005 299 +11.2% 2006 306 +2.3% 2009 304 −0.7% 2010 304 +0.0% 2015 380 +25.0%

International relations

Broxeele and Brussels are sister cities and the city of Brussels has given a replica of Manneken Pis to Broxeele.

Heraldry

Arms of Broxeele

The arms of Broxeele are blazoned : Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or. (Broxeele and Rubrouck use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department