Beuvry-la-Forêt

Beuvry-la-Forêt (French pronunciation: [bøvʁi la fɔʁɛ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Beuvry-la-Forêt
Commune
Beuvry-la-Forêt Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Beuvry-la-Forêt
Beuvry-la-Forêt Show map of France Beuvry-la-Forêt Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°27′36″N 3°17′16″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Orchies
Intercommunality	Pévèle-Carembault
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Bridault[1]
Area 1	12.52 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,834
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59080 /59310
Elevation	14–35 m (46–115 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,631 —     1821 1,946 +0.63% 1846 1,990 +0.09% 1872 1,871 −0.24% 1901 1,718 −0.29% 1926 1,690 −0.07% 1946 1,647 −0.13% 1962 1,814 +0.61%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,804 −0.09% 1975 1,869 +0.51% 1982 2,175 +2.19% 1990 2,337 +0.90% 1999 2,762 +1.87% 2007 2,828 +0.30% 2012 2,756 −0.51% 2017 2,758 +0.01%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Beuvry-la-Forêt

The arms of Beuvry-la-Forêt are blazoned : Or, on an escarbuncle sable a ruby gules. (Abscon, Beuvry-la-Forêt, Erre, Fenain, Marchiennes, Ronchin, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes and Wandignies-Hamage use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beuvry-la-Forêt, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE