Broxeele
Broxeele (Dutch: Broksele) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Broxeele | |
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 The town hall in Broxeele | |
_Nord.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Broxeele 
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  Broxeele  Broxeele | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′51″N 2°19′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Wormhout |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Hauts de Flandre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Vincent Pauwels |
| Area 1 | 3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 403 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59111 /59470 |
| Elevation | 23–30 m (75–98 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border.
Name
The name is derived from the Dutch Broec sele (modern name: Broksele), which means "house (with one room) in the marsh" (in 1072: Brocsela). The name Brussels has exactly the same etymology.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 304 | — |
| 1800 | 303 | −0.3% |
| 1806 | 410 | +35.3% |
| 1821 | 395 | −3.7% |
| 1831 | 411 | +4.1% |
| 1836 | 407 | −1.0% |
| 1841 | 405 | −0.5% |
| 1846 | 362 | −10.6% |
| 1851 | 350 | −3.3% |
| 1856 | 342 | −2.3% |
| 1861 | 335 | −2.0% |
| 1866 | 344 | +2.7% |
| 1872 | 376 | +9.3% |
| 1876 | 373 | −0.8% |
| 1881 | 357 | −4.3% |
| 1886 | 362 | +1.4% |
| 1891 | 364 | +0.6% |
| 1896 | 336 | −7.7% |
| 1901 | 334 | −0.6% |
| 1906 | 327 | −2.1% |
| 1911 | 292 | −10.7% |
| 1921 | 279 | −4.5% |
| 1926 | 280 | +0.4% |
| 1931 | 268 | −4.3% |
| 1936 | 264 | −1.5% |
| 1946 | 262 | −0.8% |
| 1954 | 265 | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 249 | −6.0% |
| 1968 | 209 | −16.1% |
| 1975 | 190 | −9.1% |
| 1982 | 211 | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 270 | +28.0% |
| 1999 | 269 | −0.4% |
| 2005 | 299 | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 306 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 304 | −0.7% |
| 2010 | 304 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 380 | +25.0% |
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
| Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 54.31 | |
| 2012 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 54.93 | |
| 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 61.00 | |
| 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 77.22 | |
International relations
Broxeele and Brussels are sister cities and the city of Brussels has given a replica of Manneken Pis to Broxeele.
Heraldry
Arms of Broxeele |
The arms of Broxeele are blazoned : Gules, a lion argent armed and langued Or. (Broxeele and Rubrouck use the same arms.) |
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//
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