Bousignies

Bousignies
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Valenciennes
Canton	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Community association	Porte du Hainaut
Coordinates	50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 21' E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 21' E
height	15-19 m
surface	3.14 km 2
Residents	333 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	106 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59178
INSEE code	59100
	; Town Hall (Mairie) and School of Bousignies

Bousignies is a French municipality with 333 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Hauts-de-France in the department of Nord . Administratively, the municipality is assigned to the arrondissement of Valenciennes and is part of the canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche ).

geography

Bousignies is located in French Flanders , about 15 kilometers northwest of Valenciennes .

Bousignies is part of the Scarpe-Schelde Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut ) and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rosult in the north, Millonfosse in the south and east, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the south-west and Brillon in the west and north-west.

year	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	210	193	173	185	206	182	203	249	268	303	303
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Christ the Redeemer Chapel

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 1433.

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