Bondues

Bondues
Bondues
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°42′08″N 3°05′38″E / 50.7022°N 3.0939°ECoordinates: 50°42′08″N 3°05′38″E / 50.7022°N 3.0939°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-2
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Delebarre
Area 1	13.05 km2 (5.04 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	9,961
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59090 /59910
Elevation	18–53 m (59–174 ft) ; (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Monument to the shot

Since 1997, Bondues has housed a Museum devoted to the Resistance of the Nord-Pas de Calais region. The Fort of Bondues, also known as , was built near the confluence of the Marque and Deûle rivers, by General Séré de Rivières, from 1877 to 1880. It is an element of the chain of forts and fortifications constituting the defence system around Lille. It was the place of execution of 68 members of the resistance in 1943/4.

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,313	—
1800	2,254	−2.6%
1806	2,383	+5.7%
1821	2,573	+8.0%
1831	2,841	+10.4%
1836	2,851	+0.4%
1841	2,925	+2.6%
1846	3,027	+3.5%
1851	3,028	+0.0%
1856	3,127	+3.3%
1861	3,375	+7.9%
1866	3,380	+0.1%
1872	3,294	−2.5%
1876	3,289	−0.2%
1881	3,206	−2.5%
1886	3,246	+1.2%
1891	3,447	+6.2%
1896	3,146	−8.7%
1901	3,147	+0.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1906	3,113	−1.1%
1911	3,311	+6.4%
1921	2,746	−17.1%
1926	2,876	+4.7%
1931	2,979	+3.6%
1936	3,188	+7.0%
1946	3,161	−0.8%
1954	3,310	+4.7%
1962	3,574	+8.0%
1968	3,961	+10.8%
1975	6,706	+69.3%
1982	8,840	+31.8%
1990	10,281	+16.3%
1999	10,680	+3.9%
2006	10,151	−5.0%
2009	9,837	−3.1%
2011	9,816	−0.2%
2015	9,999	+1.9%

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Bondues are blazoned : Or, a canton sable.

International relations[]

Bondues is twinned with:

Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England (since 1992)
Wülfrath, Germany (since 2003)

Sports[]

Soccer clubs: USB (Union sportive bonduoise) and CJB (Club des Jeunes de Bondues) merged as FCB (Football club de Bondues).

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.