Bollezeele (French pronunciation: [bɔlzɛl]; from Dutch; Bollezele in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

Bollezeele
A view within Bollezeele
A view within Bollezeele
Coat of arms of Bollezeele
Location of Bollezeele
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Bollezeele is located in France
Bollezeele
Bollezeele
Bollezeele is located in Hauts-de-France
Bollezeele
Bollezeele
Coordinates: 50°51′55″N 2°19′29″E / 50.8653°N 2.3247°E / 50.8653; 2.3247
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDunkirk
CantonWormhout
IntercommunalityHauts de Flandre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Marle[1]
Area
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17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,423
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59089 /59470
Elevation2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft)
(avg. 44 m or 144 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 17 km (11 mi) south of Dunkirk and also 20 km (12 mi) west of the Belgian border. The river Yser runs through Bollezeele.

Language

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Bollezeele's local speech is traditionally a Flemish dialect, similar to that spoken on the other side of the border with Belgium; this led to the town's being included in the Atlas Linguarum Europae as one of the Germanic dialects in France (the others were all in either Alsace or Moselle).[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,389—    
1975 1,328−0.64%
1982 1,500+1.76%
1990 1,476−0.20%
1999 1,382−0.73%
2009 1,391+0.06%
2014 1,432+0.58%
2020 1,424−0.09%
Source: INSEE[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of Bollezeele
The arms of Bollezeele are blazoned :

Or, a lion sable armed and langued gules. ('Flanders' and the communes of Thourotte, Crépy-en-Valois, Bollezeele, Feignies, Flines-lez-Raches and Wormhout use the same arms.)



See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Eder, Birgit (2003). Ausgewählte Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen in den Sprachen Europas. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 299. ISBN 3631528736.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE