Bourghelles

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bourghelles

(2020–2026) Franck Sarre^[1]Area

6.55 km² (2.53 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,673 • Density260/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59096 /59830

Elevation32–71 m (105–233 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourghelles (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɛl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Etymology

First recorded in 1197 as Borghela (small fortress); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgs (hill fort, fortress) and diminutive suffix.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	922	—
1975	1,132	+2.97%
1982	1,160	+0.35%
1990	1,232	+0.76%
1999	1,418	+1.57%
2009	1,553	+0.91%
2014	1,662	+1.37%
2020	1,670	+0.08%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Bourghelles are blazoned :

Argent, a chief gules. (Bourghelles and Hem use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ L’origine de Bourghelles from Bourghelles official civic site http://bourghelles.com/decouvrir/lhistoire/ (in French) Retrieved 26 November 2017; etymology for related borough from etymonline at https://www.etymonline.com/word/borough retrieved 26 November 2017
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE