Busigny

Busigny
Commune
The town hall in Busigny
Coat of arms
Location of Busigny
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Coordinates: 50°02′03″N 3°28′05″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	CA Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Maréchalle[1]
Area ^1	16.47 km^2 (6.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,435
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59118 /59137
Elevation	129–180 m (423–591 ft) (avg. 168 m or 551 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Busigny (French pronunciation: [byziɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] Busigny station has rail connections to Douai, Paris, Lille, Maubeuge and Saint-Quentin.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,465 —     1821 1,936 +1.00% 1846 2,572 +1.14% 1872 3,540 +1.24% 1901 2,753 −0.86% 1926 3,548 +1.02% 1946 3,007 −0.82% 1962 3,139 +0.27%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,120 −0.10% 1975 3,046 −0.34% 1982 2,636 −2.04% 1990 2,385 −1.24% 1999 2,429 +0.20% 2007 2,532 +0.52% 2012 2,557 +0.20% 2017 2,482 −0.59%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Busigny

The arms of Busigny are blazoned : Or, 3 chevrons gules and in base a 'Croix de guerre 1939-1945' proper impaled with Or, 3 fesses gules billety Or

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Busigny, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE