Bollezeele

Bollezeele
Commune
A view within Bollezeele
A view within Bollezeele
Coat of arms of Bollezeele
Coat of arms
Location of Bollezeele
Map
Bollezeele is located in France
Bollezeele
Bollezeele
Bollezeele is located in Hauts-de-France
Bollezeele
Bollezeele
Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 2°19′29″E / 50.8653°N 2.3247°E / 50.8653; 2.3247
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkirk
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityHauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Marle[1]
Area
1
17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,423
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59089 /59470
Elevation2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft)
(avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bollezeele (French pronunciation: [bɔlzɛl]; from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

It is 17 km (11 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border. The river Yser runs through Bollezeele.

Language

Bollezeele's local speech is traditionally a Flemish dialect, similar to that spoken on the other side of the border with Belgium; this led to the town's being included in the Atlas Linguarum Europae as one of the Germanic dialects in France (the others were all in either Alsace or Moselle).[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,389—    
1975 1,328−0.64%
1982 1,500+1.76%
1990 1,476−0.20%
1999 1,382−0.73%
2009 1,391+0.06%
2014 1,432+0.58%
2020 1,424−0.09%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Bollezeele
Arms of Bollezeele
 The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Eder, Birgit (2003). Ausgewählte Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in den Sprachen Europas. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 299. ISBN 3631528736.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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