Buysscheure

Buysscheure Buisscheure
Commune
A view within Buysscheure
Coat of arms
Location of Buysscheure
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Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 2°19′53″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Wormhout
Intercommunality	Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Deheele[1]
Area ^1	6.15 km^2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	580
• Density	94/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59119 /59285
Elevation	2–50 m (6.6–164.0 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buysscheure (French pronunciation: [bɥiskœʁ]; from Dutch, Buisscheure in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

The source of the river Yser is located here.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	407	—
1975	376	−1.13%
1982	405	+1.07%
1990	419	+0.43%
1999	453	+0.87%
2009	510	+1.19%
2014	552	+1.60%
2020	599	+1.37%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Buysscheure

The arms of Buysscheure are blazoned : Gules, a chevron between 3 escallops, within a bordure Or.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE