Bouvines

Bouvines
Bouvines
Commune
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	Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 3°10′59″E / 50.583°N 3.183°ECoordinates: 50°34′59″N 3°10′59″E / 50.583°N 3.183°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Templeuve
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Bernard
Area 1	2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	765
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59106 /59830
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouvines (Dutch: Bovingen) is a commune and village in the Nord department in northern France on the French-Belgian border between Lille and Tournai.^[3]

On 27 July 1214, the Battle of Bouvines was fought here between the forces of French King Philip Augustus, who was resoundingly victorious, against a coalition, led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and English King John.^[3]

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	300	—
1800	327	+9.0%
1806	443	+35.5%
1821	480	+8.4%
1831	521	+8.5%
1836	548	+5.2%
1841	551	+0.5%
1846	563	+2.2%
1851	575	+2.1%
1856	588	+2.3%
1861	579	−1.5%
1866	590	+1.9%
1872	602	+2.0%
1876	601	−0.2%
1881	565	−6.0%
1886	591	+4.6%
1891	577	−2.4%
1896	544	−5.7%
1901	561	+3.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1906	589	+5.0%
1911	598	+1.5%
1921	586	−2.0%
1926	623	+6.3%
1931	625	+0.3%
1936	612	−2.1%
1946	679	+10.9%
1954	604	−11.0%
1962	564	−6.6%
1968	560	−0.7%
1975	611	+9.1%
1982	577	−5.6%
1990	683	+18.4%
1999	772	+13.0%
2005	743	−3.8%
2006	723	−2.7%
2009	713	−1.4%
2010	709	−0.6%
2015	696	−1.8%

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Bouvines are blazoned : Bendy Or and azure. (Baisieux, Bouvines and Cysoing use the same arms.)

Notable residents[]

General Achille Pierre Deffontaines was born there.

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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bouvines" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.