Boussières-sur-Sambre

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Boussières-sur-Sambre

(2020–2026) Claude Dupont^[1]Area

3.28 km² (1.27 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

513 • Density160/km² (410/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59103 /59330

Elevation122–164 m (400–538 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Boussières-sur-Sambre (French pronunciation: [busjɛʁ syʁ sɑ̃bʁ], literally Boussières on Sambre) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	428	—
1975	412	−0.54%
1982	449	+1.24%
1990	423	−0.74%
1999	429	+0.16%
2009	520	+1.94%
2014	528	+0.31%
2020	518	−0.32%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Heraldry

The arms of Boussières-sur-Sambre are blazoned :

Or, 3 chevrons sable. (Bersillies, Boeschepe, Boussières-sur-Sambre, Colleret, Cousolre, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Hautmont, Limont-Fontaine, Lompret, Masny, Neuville-en-Avesnois and Saint-Rémy-du-Nord use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE