Boulogne-sur-Helpe

Boulogne-sur-Helpe
Coat of arms
Boulogne-sur-Helpe
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Boulogne-sur-Helpe
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud
Intercommunality	Pays d'Avesnes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Duflos
Area1	8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	330
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59093 / 59440
Elevation	144–207 m (472–679 ft) (avg. 177 m or 581 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Boulogne-sur-Helpe is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	310	—
1800	346	+11.6%
1806	334	−3.5%
1821	359	+7.5%
1831	397	+10.6%
1836	411	+3.5%
1841	410	−0.2%
1846	418	+2.0%
1851	430	+2.9%
1856	468	+8.8%
1861	446	−4.7%
1866	438	−1.8%
1872	467	+6.6%
1876	455	−2.6%
1881	456	+0.2%
1886	474	+3.9%
1891	482	+1.7%
1896	450	−6.6%
1901	443	−1.6%
1906	441	−0.5%
1911	444	+0.7%
1921	425	−4.3%
1926	431	+1.4%
1931	404	−6.3%
1936	430	+6.4%
1946	415	−3.5%
1954	404	−2.7%
1962	406	+0.5%
1968	387	−4.7%
1975	346	−10.6%
1982	315	−9.0%
1990	319	+1.3%
1999	317	−0.6%
2006	322	+1.6%
2009	330	+2.5%

Heraldry

The arms of Boulogne-sur-Helpe are blazoned : Argent, 3 fesses gules. (Boulogne-sur-Helpe and Petit-Fayt use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file