Borre, Nord

Borre (French pronunciation: ​[bɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]

Borre
Commune
An aerial view of Borre
Coat of arms
Location of Borre
Borre
Borre
Coordinates: 50°43′48″N 2°34′59″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkerque
CantonBailleul
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernadette Popelier
Area
1
5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
578
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59091 /59190
Elevation17–36 m (56–118 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The name of Borre probably came from Norwegian Vikings of the Yngling dynasty. The Borre National Park in Vestfold contains the largest number of burial mounds from the Viking Age.

The Borre British Cemetery is located in this village, in route de Sec-Bois. It contains 370 graves from the First World War, of which 129 are British, 238 Australian and 3 German.

In 1940, one of the first German planes damaged in the north of France crashed in Borre. The whole population came out to see the aircraft. Despite the warnings of the crew, who had been captured and locked in the town hall, dozens were killed when the bombs exploded.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793796—    
1800771−3.1%
1806843+9.3%
1821756−10.3%
1831803+6.2%
1836800−0.4%
1841776−3.0%
1846775−0.1%
1851770−0.6%
1856711−7.7%
1861733+3.1%
1866703−4.1%
1872774+10.1%
1876757−2.2%
1881792+4.6%
1886772−2.5%
1891752−2.6%
1896696−7.4%
YearPop.±%
1901651−6.5%
1906655+0.6%
1911645−1.5%
1921612−5.1%
1926571−6.7%
1931569−0.4%
1936536−5.8%
1946516−3.7%
1954521+1.0%
1962483−7.3%
1968455−5.8%
1975419−7.9%
1982465+11.0%
1990473+1.7%
1999540+14.2%
2008576+6.7%
2012588+2.1%

Heraldry
Arms of Borre
 The arms of Borre are blazoned :

Azure, a fess Or. (Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre, Borre, Morbecque, Prisches, Cazilhac and Aubière use the same arms.)



See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. INSEE commune file
  3. Julien Gracq, Manuscrits de guerre, p34. ISBN 978-2-7143-1058-3. Librairie José Corti, 2011 (in French)


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