Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre

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

Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre
Commune
The town hall in Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre
Coat of arms
Location of Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre
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Coordinates: 50°03′43″N 3°47′44″E / 50.0619°N 3.7956°E / 50.0619; 3.7956
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Intercommunality	Cœur de l'Avesnois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierrick Forêt^[1]
Area ^1	7.86 km^2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020)^[2]	268
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59061 /59550
Elevation	166–211 m (545–692 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 446 —     1800 454 +1.8% 1806 520 +14.5% 1821 553 +6.3% 1831 608 +9.9% 1836 651 +7.1% 1841 591 −9.2% 1846 571 −3.4% 1851 565 −1.1% 1856 555 −1.8% 1861 558 +0.5% 1866 558 +0.0% 1872 492 −11.8% 1876 456 −7.3% 1881 438 −3.9% 1886 428 −2.3% 1891 398 −7.0% 1896 431 +8.3% 1901 450 +4.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1906 447 −0.7% 1911 431 −3.6% 1921 412 −4.4% 1926 398 −3.4% 1931 365 −8.3% 1936 354 −3.0% 1946 381 +7.6% 1954 379 −0.5% 1962 391 +3.2% 1968 347 −11.3% 1975 327 −5.8% 1982 251 −23.2% 1990 266 +6.0% 1999 258 −3.0% 2004 248 −3.9% 2006 244 −1.6% 2009 253 +3.7% 2014 252 −0.4% 2015 258 +2.4%

Heraldry

Arms of Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre

The arms of Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre 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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
3. INSEE commune file

 

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