Bettignies

Bettignies (French pronunciation: ​[betiɲi]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Bettignies
Commune
The town hall in Bettignies
Coat of arms
Location of Bettignies
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Coordinates: 50°20′07″N 3°58′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Maubeuge
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Michel Lefebvre
Area ^1	4.62 km^2 (1.78 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	310
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59076 /59600
Elevation	122–158 m (400–518 ft) (avg. 143 m or 469 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	101	—
1800	79	−21.8%
1806	96	+21.5%
1821	136	+41.7%
1831	147	+8.1%
1836	160	+8.8%
1841	184	+15.0%
1846	201	+9.2%
1851	205	+2.0%
1856	202	−1.5%
1861	186	−7.9%
1866	192	+3.2%
1872	197	+2.6%
1876	198	+0.5%
1881	194	−2.0%
1886	172	−11.3%
1891	188	+9.3%
1896	179	−4.8%
1901	176	−1.7%
1906	168	−4.5%
1911	168	+0.0%
1921	135	−19.6%
1926	151	+11.9%
1931	170	+12.6%
1936	192	+12.9%
1946	174	−9.4%
1954	221	+27.0%
1962	245	+10.9%
1968	243	−0.8%
1975	211	−13.2%
1982	222	+5.2%
1990	238	+7.2%
1999	269	+13.0%
2004	265	−1.5%
2006	266	+0.4%
2009	262	−1.5%
2014	317	+21.0%
2015	315	−0.6%

Heraldry

Arms of Bettignies

The arms of Bettignies are blazoned : Or, a chief sable.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.