Boussois

Boussois
Coat of arms
Boussois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Boussois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge-Sud
Intercommunality	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Maret
Area1	6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,281
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59104 / 59168
Elevation	122–166 m (400–545 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	372	—
1800	242	−34.9%
1806	279	+15.3%
1821	292	+4.7%
1831	355	+21.6%
1836	352	−0.8%
1841	362	+2.8%
1846	407	+12.4%
1851	426	+4.7%
1856	450	+5.6%
1861	529	+17.6%
1866	542	+2.5%
1872	519	−4.2%
1876	537	+3.5%
1881	679	+26.4%
1886	628	−7.5%
1891	837	+33.3%
1896	868	+3.7%
1901	1,310	+50.9%
1906	1,370	+4.6%
1911	1,549	+13.1%
1921	1,770	+14.3%
1926	2,538	+43.4%
1931	2,519	−0.7%
1936	2,531	+0.5%
1946	2,242	−11.4%
1954	2,870	+28.0%
1962	3,319	+15.6%
1968	3,575	+7.7%
1975	3,531	−1.2%
1982	3,483	−1.4%
1990	3,461	−0.6%
1999	3,447	−0.4%
2006	3,336	−3.2%
2009	3,281	−1.6%

Heraldry

The arms of Boussois are blazoned : Barry argent and azure. (Boussois, Noyelles-sur-Escaut and Villers-Campeau use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file