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La Bassée

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
La Bassée
The town hall in La Bassée
The town hall in La Bassée
Location of La Bassée
La Bassée is located in France
La Bassée
La Bassée
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Coordinates: 50°32′03′′N 2°48′29′′E / 50.5342°N 2.8081°E / 50.5342; 2.8081
CountryFrance
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Annœullin
Intercommunality Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Cauderlier[1]
Area
1
3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
6,678
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59051 /59480
Elevation21–31 m (69–102 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bassée (French pronunciation: [labas'e] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,108—    
1800 2,171+0.42%
1806 2,209+0.29%
1821 2,414+0.59%
1831 2,480+0.27%
1836 2,485+0.04%
1841 2,475−0.08%
1846 2,540+0.52%
1851 2,755+1.64%
1856 2,763+0.06%
1861 2,958+1.37%
1866 3,170+1.39%
1872 3,246+0.40%
1876 3,415+1.28%
1881 3,545+0.75%
1886 3,678+0.74%
1891 3,907+1.22%
1896 4,017+0.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,392+1.80%
1906 4,631+1.07%
1911 4,819+0.80%
1921 2,120−7.88%
1926 3,527+10.72%
1931 4,109+3.10%
1936 4,416+1.45%
1946 4,855+0.95%
1954 5,004+0.38%
1962 5,355+0.85%
1968 5,463+0.33%
1975 6,025+1.41%
1982 6,319+0.68%
1990 6,017−0.61%
1999 5,914−0.19%
2007 6,084+0.35%
2012 6,413+1.06%
2017 6,402−0.03%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of La Bassée
Arms of La Bassée
The arms of La Bassée are blazoned :
Gules, a demi fleur de lys issuant from the center line argent.



Personalities

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La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845).[6]

Another native was Ignace François Broutin (c. 1690–1751), a colonial officer, surveyor, architect and engineer in Louisiana (New France).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bassée, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Rose Georgina Kingsley (1899). A history of French art, 1100-1899. London: Longmans, Green. p. 378. OCLC 3677192 . Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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