Bousbecque
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Lille | |
| Canton | Lambersart | |
| Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 46 ′ N , 3 ° 5 ′ E | |
| height | 11-48 m | |
| surface | 6.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,831 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 750 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59166 | |
| INSEE code | 59098 | |
| Website | www.bousbecque.fr | |
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Bousbecque ( Flemish : Bosbeke ) is a French municipality with 4831 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and is part of the canton of Lambersart . The inhabitants are called Bousbecquois .
geography
Bousbecque is located about 20 kilometers north of Lille an der Leie (French: Lys ) directly on the Franco- Belgian border. Bousbecque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Wervik (Belgium) in the north, Halluin in the east, Roncq in the southeast, Linselles in the south and Wervicq-Sud in the west.
The former National Route 345 runs through the municipality .
population
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| year | 1793 | 1851 | 1896 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1540 | 1860 | 2774 | 3172 | 3254 | 3345 | 3446 | 3914 | 3912 | 4157 | 4599 | 4831 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, built in 1480, largely rebuilt in 1874
- Notre-Dame de la Délivrance chapel
- Saint-Joseph chapel from 1868
- Old Town Hall
- Bousbecque manor or castle, demolished in 2010
- German military cemetery
Personalities
- Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq (1522–1592), diplomat, humanist, botanist
- Jean Debuf (1924-2010), weightlifter
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1559-1561.
Web links
Commons : Bousbecque - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Bousbecque in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
Individual evidence
- ↑ to 1962: Cassini , from 1968: INSEE ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 714 kB)
