Broxeele
Appearance
Broxeele | |
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Coordinates: 50°49′51″N 2°19′20″E / 50.8308°N 2.3222°E | |
Land | Frankreich |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
Canton | Wormhout |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre |
Regierung | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Vincent Pauwels |
Area 1 | 3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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% |
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% |
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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style="background-color: Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 54.31 |
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2012 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 54.93 |
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 61.00 |
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 77.22 |
International relations
Broxeele and Brussels are sister cities and the city of Brussels has given a replica of Manneken Pis to Broxeele.
Heraldry
The arms of Broxeele are blazoned : Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or. (Broxeele and Rubrouck use the same arms.)
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See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//
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