Bersée

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bersée

(2020–2026) Arnaud Hottin^[1]Area

10.93 km² (4.22 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,296 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59071 /59235

Elevation27–61 m (89–200 ft)
(avg. 55 m or 180 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bersée (French pronunciation: [bɛʁs'e]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,308	—
1821	1,530	+0.56%
1846	1,759	+0.56%
1872	1,812	+0.11%
1901	1,808	−0.01%
1926	1,573	−0.56%
1946	1,521	−0.17%
1962	1,526	+0.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,520	−0.07%
1975	1,570	+0.46%
1982	1,806	+2.02%
1990	1,989	+1.21%
1999	2,120	+0.71%
2007	2,222	+0.59%
2012	2,238	+0.14%
2017	2,230	−0.07%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Bersée are blazoned :

Or, a cross gules between 16 alerions azure. (the Montmorency family and the communes of Bersée and Damville use the same arms.)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bersée, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE