Bois-Grenier

Bois-Grenier
Commune
The town hall in Bois-Grenier
Coat of arms
Location of Bois-Grenier
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Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 2°52′30″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Armentières
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Delepaul[1]
Area ^1	7.25 km^2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,793
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59088 /59280
Elevation	15–20 m (49–66 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-Grenier (French pronunciation: [bwa ɡʁənje]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] Located south of Armentières and bordering with the department of Pas-de-Calais.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	751	—
1975	1,004	+4.23%
1982	1,218	+2.80%
1990	1,356	+1.35%
1999	1,450	+0.75%
2009	1,482	+0.22%
2014	1,563	+1.07%
2020	1,802	+2.40%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Bois-Grenier

The arms of Bois-Grenier are blazoned : Quarterly 1: Or, a lion sable, overall a bend compony argent and gules; 2: Argent, a fleur de lys gules, and in chief a sun and a descrescent Or; 3: Azure, a chapel with steeple argent; 4: Gules, a lion argent armed and langued 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.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE