La Bassée

La Bassée
Commune
The town hall in La Bassée
The town hall in La Bassée
Coat of arms of La Bassée
Coat of arms
Location of La Bassée
Map
La Bassée is located in France
La Bassée
La Bassée
La Bassée is located in Hauts-de-France
La Bassée
La Bassée
Coordinates: 50°32′03″N 2°48′29″E / 50.5342°N 2.8081°E / 50.5342; 2.8081
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonAnnœullin
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Cauderlier[1]
Area
1
3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,622
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59051 /59480
Elevation21–31 m (69–102 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bassée (French pronunciation: [la bas'e]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,108—    
1800 2,171+0.42%
1806 2,209+0.29%
1821 2,414+0.59%
1831 2,480+0.27%
1836 2,485+0.04%
1841 2,475−0.08%
1846 2,540+0.52%
1851 2,755+1.64%
1856 2,763+0.06%
1861 2,958+1.37%
1866 3,170+1.39%
1872 3,246+0.40%
1876 3,415+1.28%
1881 3,545+0.75%
1886 3,678+0.74%
1891 3,907+1.22%
1896 4,017+0.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,392+1.80%
1906 4,631+1.07%
1911 4,819+0.80%
1921 2,120−7.88%
1926 3,527+10.72%
1931 4,109+3.10%
1936 4,416+1.45%
1946 4,855+0.95%
1954 5,004+0.38%
1962 5,355+0.85%
1968 5,463+0.33%
1975 6,025+1.41%
1982 6,319+0.68%
1990 6,017−0.61%
1999 5,914−0.19%
2007 6,084+0.35%
2012 6,413+1.06%
2017 6,402−0.03%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of La Bassée
Arms of La Bassée
 The arms of La Bassée are blazoned :
Gules, a demi fleur de lys issuant from the center line argent.



Personalities

La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845).[6]

Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).

See also

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 La Bassée, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Rose Georgina Kingsley (1899). A history of French art, 1100-1899. London: Longmans, Green. p. 378. OCLC 3677192. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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