Bermerain

Bermerain
Bermerain
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°15′10″N 3°32′02″E / 50.2528°N 3.5339°ECoordinates: 50°15′10″N 3°32′02″E / 50.2528°N 3.5339°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Yvan Bruniau
Area 1	6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	730
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59069 /59213
Elevation	47–107 m (154–351 ft) ; (avg. 104 m or 341 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bermerain is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

History[]

Bermerain was the scene of action to drive back the Germans at the end of World War I. A dramatic account of fighting that took place between Bermerain and Sepmeries is provided by A S Bullock in his wartime memoir, which also illustrates one of only six maps thought to have been in circulation on the day in question (27 October 1918).^[2]

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	880	—
1800	932	+5.9%
1806	970	+4.1%
1821	1,053	+8.6%
1831	1,220	+15.9%
1836	1,203	−1.4%
1841	1,228	+2.1%
1846	1,245	+1.4%
1851	1,261	+1.3%
1856	1,290	+2.3%
1861	1,281	−0.7%
1866	1,292	+0.9%
1872	1,259	−2.6%
1876	1,206	−4.2%
1881	1,133	−6.1%
1886	1,082	−4.5%
1891	1,053	−2.7%
1896	975	−7.4%
1901	956	−1.9%
1906	931	−2.6%
1911	875	−6.0%
1921	732	−16.3%
1926	737	+0.7%
1931	714	−3.1%
1936	660	−7.6%
1946	613	−7.1%
1954	665	+8.5%
1962	669	+0.6%
1968	697	+4.2%
1975	664	−4.7%
1982	707	+6.5%
1990	693	−2.0%
1999	710	+2.5%
2004	668	−5.9%
2006	658	−1.5%
2009	643	−2.3%
2014	701	+9.0%
2015	707	+0.9%

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Bermerain are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. ^[3](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, pages 80-82
^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered