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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
Canton | Coudekerque branch | |
Community association | Les Hauts de Flandre | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 58 ′ N , 2 ° 25 ′ E | |
height | 0-11 m | |
surface | 11.04 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,831 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 166 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59380 | |
INSEE code | 59082 | |
Website | http://www.bierne.fr/ |
Bierne ( Dutch beers ) is a French municipality with 1831 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and is part of the canton of Coudekerque-Branche (until 2015: Canton Bergues ). She belongs to the Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre . The inhabitants are called Biernois .
geography
Bierne is located about eight kilometers south-southwest of Dunkirk in the Pays Moulins de Flandre landscape . The Canal de Bergues runs along the eastern edge of the municipality . Bierne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village in the north and north-east, Bergues in the east, Socx in the south, Steene in the west and south-west, Armbouts-Cappel in the west and north-west and Cappelle-la-Grande in the north-west.
The national route 225 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1793 | 1851 | 1891 | 1911 | 1931 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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Residents | 483 | 505 | 601 | 672 | 629 | 659 | 649 | 676 | 663 | 1,041 | 1,621 | 1,732 | 1,646 | 1,703 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Géry church, built in 1807
economy
In 2015, the Kubota group opened an assembly plant for tractors in town. Ball Packaging Europe operates a factory for the production of packaging for the beverage industry.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 267-269.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Bierne in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture