Borre, Nord

Borre
Coat of arms
Borre
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Borre
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck-Sud
Intercommunality	Monts de Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernadette Popelier
Area1	5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	588
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59091 / 59190
Elevation	17–36 m (56–118 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Borre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

History

The Borre British Cemetery is located in this village, in route de Sec-Bois. It contains 370 graves from the First World War, of which 129 are British, 238 Australian and 3 German.

In 1940, one of the first German planes damaged in the north of France crashed in Borre. The whole population came out to see the aircraft. Despite the warnings of the crew, who had been captured and locked in the town hall, dozens were killed when the bombs exploded.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	796	—
1800	771	−3.1%
1806	843	+9.3%
1821	756	−10.3%
1831	803	+6.2%
1836	800	−0.4%
1841	776	−3.0%
1846	775	−0.1%
1851	770	−0.6%
1856	711	−7.7%
1861	733	+3.1%
1866	703	−4.1%
1872	774	+10.1%
1876	757	−2.2%
1881	792	+4.6%
1886	772	−2.5%
1891	752	−2.6%
1896	696	−7.4%
1901	651	−6.5%
1906	655	+0.6%
1911	645	−1.5%
1921	612	−5.1%
1926	571	−6.7%
1931	569	−0.4%
1936	536	−5.8%
1946	516	−3.7%
1954	521	+1.0%
1962	483	−7.3%
1968	455	−5.8%
1975	419	−7.9%
1982	465	+11.0%
1990	473	+1.7%
1999	540	+14.2%
2008	576	+6.7%
2012	588	+2.1%

Heraldry

The arms of Borre are blazoned : Azure, a fess Or. (Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre, Borre, Morbecque, Prisches, Cazilhac and Aubière use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file