Borre, Nord

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Borre

(2020–2026) Bernadette Popelier^[1]Area

5.96 km² (2.30 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

576 • Density97/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59091 /59190

Elevation17–36 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.

Borre (French pronunciation: [bɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

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.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	455	—
1975	419	−1.17%
1982	465	+1.50%
1990	473	+0.21%
1999	540	+1.48%
2009	574	+0.61%
2014	607	+1.12%
2020	575	−0.90%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Heraldry

The arms of Borre are blazoned :

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Julien Gracq, Manuscrits de guerre, p34. ISBN 978-2-7143-1058-3. Librairie José Corti, 2011 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE